title: Lipoma of the left ventricle.
abstract: A 36-year-old female was admitted with dyspnea on exertion of one year's duration. Echocardiography revealed a tumor arising from interventricular septum with dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. On cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioplegic arrest, the tumor was approached through a transverse aortotomy, and excised from the interventricular septum through the aortic valve. Postoperative recovery was uneventful and the patient was asymptomatic with no recurrence at follow-up after one year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Cochin, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Babu Kosuru
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.forename: Mundayat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gopalakrishnan
authors.forename: Ramachandran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mahadevan
authors.forename: Velivela
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Satyaprasad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*