6 Our patient had multiple medical problems including rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, diabetes, transient ischemic attacks, Arnold-Chiari malformation, fibromyalgia, microcytic anemia, morbid obesity, hyperlipidemia, reflux esophagitis, chronic kidney disease, and autoimmune hepatitis. Since there has been no close association with the above-mentioned medical Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical problems in the literature, more cases are required to positively state any causal relationship with other medical conditions. Table 1 Literature review of cardiac CAT cases. To date, the tumors have been found in all chambers of the heart but predominantly in the left ventricle (31.25%) and mitral valve (25%).

Only 12.5% of the cases have cardiac CAT in the right atrium as seen in our Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical case. Tumor sizes range from 0.17 to 4 cm in their greatest dimension, with the mean size of 2.8 cm. Our case was slightly GSK1349572 cell line smaller at 2 cm in dimension. Among the documented cases, 62.5% of the tumors were mobile. Among the nine cases with documented follow-up study, all but one were free of disease after surgical excision and only one case of relapse was recorded. In the case of relapsed cardiac CAT, the patient underwent Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical resection of a right ventricular mass. However, intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram demonstrated

residual tumor. The tumor showed enlargement at 2 years after initial resection,2 requiring a re-resection of the mass. Our patient is alive and well without recurrence Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical after resection of the mass. Conclusion Cardiac CAT is a non-neoplastic cardiac tumor of unknown etiology. The literature review highlights that the tumor is commonly an incidental finding and the treatment of choice is complete surgical resection. In summary, Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical we report a case of CAT in the right atrium in a 57-year-old female who was successfully treated by a complete resection of the mass. Funding Statement Funding/Support: The authors have no funding disclosures. Footnotes Conflict of Interest Disclosure: The authors have completed and submitted the Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular

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Introduction Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a relatively common genetic cardiac abnormality, occurring in 1 in 500 patients. The first cases of HCM were first reported in the aminophylline 1860s in French literature,1-3 but it was not until 1959 that HCM was associated with LVOT obstruction.4 This obstruction can result in angina, syncope, or congestive heart failure.5, 6 Although many patients improve on beta-blockers, some have progressive symptoms and a significant obstruction at rest or with exercise. Interventional options include septal myectomy and ASA. While septal myectomy has been the traditional gold-standard approach for such patients, septal ablation is an alternative shown to be comparable in nonrandomized studies and a meta-analysis.