title: Video-assisted thoracic surgical resection of giant cardiac lipoma: a case report.
abstract: We describe the case of a 73-year-old man, with a history of previous coronary artery by-pass, who presented at our division for new onset of angina, hypotension and dyspnea due to a primary giant para-cardiac lipoma. The success of complete resection of the mass achieved by means of video-assisted thoracic surgical procedure demonstrated the efficacy and safeness of this method in the treatment of benign cardiac tumours.
authors.forename: Jennifer F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Sciuchetti
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corti
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ballabio
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Formica
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aiello
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paolini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery / Q000379:methods*