A Case of Ventricular Tachycardia Caused by a Rare Cardiac Mesenchymal Hamartoma

Zekun Feng, MD, PharmD; Daniel Philipson, MD; Jamar P. Uzzell, MD; Ashley Stein-Merlob, MD; Eric H. Yang, MD; Holly R. Middlekauff, MD; Ryan P. Lau, MD; Gregory A. Fishbein, MD; Jason S. Bradfield, MD; Olujimi A. Ajijola, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2020)

A Case of Ventricular Tachycardia Caused by a Rare Cardiac Mesenchymal Hamartoma

Zekun Feng, MD, PharmD,
Daniel Philipson, MD,
Jamar P. Uzzell, MD,
Ashley Stein-Merlob, MD,
Eric H. Yang, MD,
Holly R. Middlekauff, MD,
Ryan P. Lau, MD,
Gregory A. Fishbein, MD,
Jason S. Bradfield, MD,
Olujimi A. Ajijola, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Zekun Feng, MD, PharmD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Daniel Philipson, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Jamar P. Uzzell, MD: UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Health, Los Angeles, California
Ashley Stein-Merlob, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Eric H. Yang, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California; Cardio-Oncology Program, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Holly R. Middlekauff, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Ryan P. Lau, MD: UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Health, Los Angeles, California
Gregory A. Fishbein, MD: UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Health, Los Angeles, California
Jason S. Bradfield, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California; Cardio-Oncology Program, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Olujimi A. Ajijola, MD, PhD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California; Cardio-Oncology Program, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Address for correspondence: Dr. Olujimi A. Ajijola, UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 100 Medical Plaza, Suite 660, Los Angeles, California 90095.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 7
pp. 1049 – 1055

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The presentation of a cardiac hamartoma, an exceedingly rare and histologically benign cardiac tumor, can be variable. We describe a case of refractory ventricular tachycardia in a patient with a cardiac mass failing multiple pharmacologic and procedural interventions, ultimately treated by cardiac transplantation and diagnosed with a mesenchymal cardiac hamartoma. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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