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Oral Everolimus for Treatment of a Giant Left Ventricular Rhabdomyoma in a Neonate—Rapid Tumor Regression Documented by Real Time 3D Echocardiography |
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| Authors: | Robert Wagner M.D. Ph.D. Frank Thomas Riede M.D. Hiroshi Seki M.D. Frauke Hornemann M.D. Steffen Syrbe M.D. Ingo Daehnert M.D. Ph.D. Michael Weidenbach M.D. Ph.D. |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany;2. Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany;3. Department of Pediatric Neurology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |
| Abstract: | The presented case reports on successful treatment with everolimus in a neonate with left ventricular giant rhabdomyoma. The authors used a different dosage regime compared to literature and documented rapid tumor regression by 3D echocardiography. |
| Keywords: | cardiac tumor congenital heart diseases real time imaging techniques left ventricular outflow obstruction three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography |