title: Excision of papillary endocardial tumor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kurume University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugiwara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kosuga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koga
mesh_terms: 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*