Congenital tumor of atrioventricular node with complete heart block and sudden death

Autor: Martial A. Demany, Henry A. Zimmerman, Larry V. Lewman
Rok vydání: 1972
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Zdroj: The American Journal of Cardiology. 29:554-557
ISSN: 0002-9149
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(72)90448-1
Popis: A case of congenital complete heart block caused by a tumor involving the atrioventricular (A-V) node is presented. The patient had had Stokes-Adams attacks from age 3 years until her death at age 19. The morphologic features and developmental origin of the tumor discovered at autopsy are discussed, and a heterotopic epithelial origin from the primitive foregut is favored. Although rare, this lesion should be considered an etiologic possibility when complete heart block is present in a young person.
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