Case reportLeft ventricular hamartoma associated with ventricular tachycardia
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Cardiac tumors are rare and usually benign [1]. Hamartomas are one of the rarest types of benign cardiac tumors, and only small series have been reported in the literature 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Other benign cardiac tumors, in order of frequency, include myxomas, fibromas, rhabdomyomas, and lipomas.
Recently, Burke and associates reviewed three cases involving hamartomas of mature cardiac myocytes in a 22-year-old patient , 28-year-old patient , and 9-year-old patient [2]. The tumors were
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