Excision of papillary endocardial tumor.
We report the eighth case of surgical removal of a papillary endocardial tumor. The surgical approach was aided by intraoperative two-dimensional echocardiography. The tumor was attached to the chorda tendinea of the mitral valve and was successfully removed via a left atrial approach.
Akagawa
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Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kurume University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kawara
T
T
Hirano
A
A
Sugiwara
S
S
Ogata
M
M
Aoyagi
S
S
Kosuga
K
K
Ohishi
K
K
Koga
M
M
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D010212:Papilloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*