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Table 1 Clinical presentation – first cardiac medical examination

From: Rhabdomyomas and Tuberous sclerosis complex: our experience in 33 cases

Case n°

Age at diagnosis

Clinical signs at first examination

ECG and Holter-ECG

Echocardiography at diagnosis

Cardiac surgery

1

2 months

Arrhythmia

Atrial and ventricular ectopic beats

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

WPW Syndrome

2

1 month

Heart murmur

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

3

2 months

Heart murmur

Widened QRS

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

4

Fetal

No symptoms but RVOT obstruction

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

5

1 day

Heart murmur

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

LV obstruction

6

1 day

Heart murmur

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

7

Fetal

No symptoms

RV hypertrophy

Lobulated mass in LV

No

8

Fetal

No symptoms

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

9

1 month

Heart murmur

RV hypertrophy

Lobulated mass in IVS

No

10

1 day

Cyanosis

Atrial and ventricular ectopic beats

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

LV obstrution

11

2 months

No symptoms

Atrial ectopic beats

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

12

1 months

No symptoms

RV overload signs

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

13

Fetal

Heart failure Cyanosis

Atrial and ventricular ectopic beats

Multiple rhabdomyomas

Yes

14

1 day

Heart murmur

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

15

7 months

Heart murmur

Atrial and ventricular ectopic beats

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

WPW Syndrome

16

1 day

No symptoms

Incomplete right bundle branch block

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

17

9 months

Heart murmur

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

18

1 day

Arhythmia

Atrial and ventricular ectopic beats

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

19

Fetal

No symptoms (hypokinesia)

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

20

4 months

Heart murmur

Ventricular ectopic beats and RV overload signs

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

21

Fetal

No symptoms

WPW Syndrome

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

IVS overload signs

22

3 days

Heart murmur

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

23

11 months

No symptoms

RV overload signs

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

24

5 months

No symptoms

Atrial and ventricular ectopic beats

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

25

1 day

Heart murmur

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

26

9 months

Seizures

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

27

Fetal

No symptoms

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

28

2 months

No symptoms

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

29

Fetal

No symptoms

RV overload signs

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

30

Fetal

Heart murmur

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

31

7 days

Heart murmur

Normal

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

32

21 days

No symptoms

RV hypertrophy

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No

33

Fetal

Heart murmur

Ventricular ectopic beats

Multiple rhabdomyomas

No