Authors: Ammar Habib Paul A Friedman Leslie T Cooper Mahmoud Suleiman Samuel J Asirvatham
Publish Date: 2009/07/21
Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 175-178
Abstract
Calcified amorphous tumors CAT of the heart are rare primary cardiac tumors characterized by heavy myocardial and valve apparatus calcification The relationship of the entity with ventricular arrhythmia if any is unknown We describe a case of cardiac CAT in a 58yearold woman with prior cardiac arrest and recurrent ventricular tachycardia who presented for radiofrequency ablation Preablation intracardiac echocardiogram revealed the characteristic endomyocardial calcific pattern associated with this tumor that precluded catheter manipulation in the left ventricle The imaging characteristics and management are described
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