Resection of left ventricular papillary fibroelastoma through thoracoscopic-assisted minithoracotomy.
Although a mobile papillary fibroelastoma in the left ventricle should be excised to prevent systemic embolism, difficulties in surgical exposure of a left ventricular mass are not uncommon. Herein, we report a minimally invasive approach for resecting left ventricular papillary fibroelastoma using thoracoscopic assistance.
Je
Hyung Gon
HG
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, 388-1 Poongnap-dong, Songpa-ku, Seoul 138-040, South Korea.
Kim
Yun Seok
YS
Jung
Sung-Ho
SH
Lee
Jae Won
JW
D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D012371:Robotics; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome