[Left apical tumor extirpation via left ventriculotomy with the aid of epicardial echocardiography].

ABSTRACT

We reported a rare case of cardiac lipoma in the left ventricular apex. A 67-year-old woman who was diagnosed with cardiac tumor in the left ventricular apex was underwent the extirpation of the tumor via left ventriculotomy with the aid of intraoperative epicardiac ultra-sound. An intraoperative epicardiac ultra-sound is a very useful tool to document a location of the tumor, and a left ventriculotomy approach for the extirpation of the tumor provides a good operative field.