Transaortic video-assisted removal of a left ventricular thrombus.
A mobile and pedunculated left ventricular thrombus was developed after acute myocardial infarction in a 59-year-old man, and was successfully removed surgically through the aortic valve using a video-assisted thoracoscope. Transaortic video-assisted thoracoscopy greatly facilitated exposure of the interior of the left ventricle and preserved left ventricular function by avoiding ventriculotomy.
Tsukube
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Department of Surgery, Division II, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan. ttsukube@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
Okada
M
M
Ootaki
Y
Y
Tsuji
Y
Y
Yamashita
C
C
D004724:Endoscopy; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014741:Video Recording