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Cardiac hemangioma, a rare tumor

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Primary cardiac tumors are extremely rare and hemangiomas account for less than 2 %. We present a case of cardiac hemangioma in the left ventricle in a male patient which was detected incidentally on routine health check up.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

    Sukesh Kumar Reddy & Syed Nasheed Ali

  2. Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

    Srinivas Parimi & Ramakrisna Reddy

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Reddy, S.K., Ali, S.N., Parimi, S. et al. Cardiac hemangioma, a rare tumor. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 31, 54–56 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-014-0307-8

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