Partial replacement of the left ventricular wall for a large intramural fibroma.
A case of successful operative treatment of an intramural fibroma of the left ventricular posterior wall is presented. Symptomatology, diagnosis, and a surgical procedure based on ventricular replacement using a doubled Dacron patch, fixed in "sandwich" technique, are discussed. It is possible to resect and replace large parts of the ventricular wall because of the well-developed compensatory capacity of the remaining unaffected myocardium in children.
D000790:Angiocardiography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans