title: Cardiac lipoma in the ventricular septum--a case report.
abstract: We report a case of a cardiac lipoma in the interventricular septum complicated with mitral regurgitation and atrial fibrillation in a 74-year-old woman. Surgical excision of the tumor was performed with mitral annuloplasty and a Maze III procedure. She continues to do well 7 months postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center at Himeji, 520 Saisho-ko, Himeji 670-0981, Japan. nozaki@hbhc.jp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mukohara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shida
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography