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Surgical repair in neonatal life of cardiac haemangiomas diagnosed prenatally

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2009

Jayendra Sharma ,
Yasutaka Hirata  and
Ralph S. Mosca
Jayendra Sharma*
Affiliation:
The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, the Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States of America
Yasutaka Hirata
Affiliation:
The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, the Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States of America
Ralph S. Mosca
Affiliation:
The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, the Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Jayendra Sharma. MD, FACC, 45, Wiltshire road, Scarsdale, NY 10583, United States of America. Tel: 718-206-7138; Fax: 718-206-7144; E-mail: jsharma@jhmc.org
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Abstract

Although cardiac tumours are rare, such tumours are increasingly being diagnosed with increasing frequency and great accuracy by antenatal ultrasound. Cardiac haemangiomas account for less than one-twentieth of all primary cardiac tumours, with most being diagnosed in the neonatal period. We report 3 instances of successful neonatal resection of cardiac haemangioma subsequent to prenatal diagnosis. Such diagnosis is important in perinatal management, since early surgical intervention provides a good prognosis.

Keywords

Fetal echocardiogramcardiac tumoursfetal hydropspericardial effusion
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , August 2009 , pp. 403 - 406
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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