Volume 32, Issue 10 pp. 662-664

SURGICAL TECHNIQUE

Surgical resection of giant left ventricular fibromas in children

Zhonghua Xu MD,

Zhonghua Xu MD

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Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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Qingyu Wu MD,

Corresponding Author

Qingyu Wu MD

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Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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Wu Qingyu MD, Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing 100016, China.

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Hongyin Li MD,

Hongyin Li MD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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Mingkui Zhang MD,

Mingkui Zhang MD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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Zhonghua Xu MD,

Zhonghua Xu MD

orcid.org/0000-0001-6842-6516

Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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Qingyu Wu MD,

Corresponding Author

Qingyu Wu MD

[email protected]

Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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Wu Qingyu MD, Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing 100016, China.

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Hongyin Li MD,

Hongyin Li MD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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Mingkui Zhang MD,

Mingkui Zhang MD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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First published: 20 September 2017

https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.13212

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Abstract

Primary cardiac tumors in infancy and childhood are rare and usually benign. We report two children with giant left ventricular fibromas and discuss their surgical management.

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