Video-assisted cardioscopy for removal of primary left ventricular fibroma.

Araji, Omar A; Gutierrez-Martin, María A; Miranda, Nuria; Barquero, José M

Araji, Omar A; Gutierrez-Martin, María A; Miranda, Nuria; Barquero, José M.

Affiliation

Araji OA; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Virgen Macarena, Avenida Dr Fedriani 3, 41009 Sevilla, Spain. oharaji@hotmail.com

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg ; 10(2): 344-5, 2010 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19939851

ABSTRACT

We present a case of a cardiac fibroma affecting the base of the anterior papillary muscle resected under cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioscopy and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) instruments through the mitral valve. The surgical approach and instrumentation of previous case reports are reviewed.

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Cardiac Surgical Procedures/methods; Fibroma/surgery; Heart Neoplasms/surgery; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; Adult; Biopsy; Cardiac Surgical Procedures/instrumentation; Fibroma/pathology; Heart Neoplasms/pathology; Heart Ventricles/surgery; Humans; Papillary Muscles/surgery; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted/instrumentation; Thoracoscopes; Treatment Outcome

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Fibroma / Heart Neoplasms / Cardiac Surgical Procedures Limits: Adult / Humans Language: En Journal: Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg Journal subject: ANGIOLOGIA / CARDIOLOGIA Year: 2010 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Spain Country of publication: United kingdom

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