Tumor masses in three of the four heart chambers

Vladimir Kornovski; Andrey Andreev; Vera Semerdzhieva; Iana Simova; Toni Vekov

doi:10.5272/jimab.2022284.4626

Journal of IMAB - Annual Proceeding (Scientific Papers)
Publisher: Peytchinski Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 1312-773X (Online)
Issue: 2022, vol. 28, issue4
Subject Area: Medicine
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DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2022284.4626
Published online: 24 October 2022

Case report
J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4626-4629
TUMOR MASSES IN THREE OF THE FOUR HEART CHAMBERS
Vladimir Kornovski¹ , Andrey Andreev¹, Vera Semerdzhieva¹, Iana Simova^{2, 4}, Toni Vekov^{3, 4},
1) Cardiac Surgery Department, "Heart and Brain" Hospital, Burgas, Bulgaria.
2)Cardiology Department, "Heart and Brain" Hospital, Pleven, Bulgaria.
3)Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University Pleven, Bulgaria.
4)Bulgarian Cardiac Institute.

ABSTRACT:
We present a case of a 47-year-old man who was admitted to the cardiac surgery department with a clinical picture of heart failure and multiple Tu-formations in three of the heart cavities. He underwent extraction of the tumor formations from the heart cavities with an excellent outcome.

Keywords: Cardiac masses, heart chambers, cardiac tumors, thrombus formation,

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Please cite this article as: Kornovski V, Andreev A, Semerdzhieva V, Simova I, Vekov T, Tumor masses in three of the four heart chambers. J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4626-4629. DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2022284.4626

Correspondence to: Vladimir Kornovski MD, Cardiac surgery department, Heart and Brain Hospital, Burgas; 29, Health Str., Burgas, Bulgaria; E-mail: kornovski@hotmail.com

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Received: 02 February 2022
Published online: 24 October 2022

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