This clinical case report describes surgical management of a giant left ventricular fibroma and postoperative venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in a newborn male. Transthoracic echocardiography performed at 9-month follow-up showed an ejection fraction of 33% and a cardiac index of 4.5 liters per minute per square meter.
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