title: Blood filled cyst of the papillary muscle of the mitral valve producing severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
abstract: A 46 year old man was found to have left ventricular outflow obstruction caused by a blood-filled cyst attached to the anterior papillary muscle of the mitral valve. It was successfully excised.
authors.affiliation: Regional Cardiothoracic Unit, Groby Road Hospital, Leicester.
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hubner
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Firmin
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*