title: [Left apical tumor extirpation via left ventriculotomy with the aid of epicardial echocardiography].
abstract: We reported a rare case of cardiac lipoma in the left ventricular apex. A 67-year-old woman who was diagnosed with cardiac tumor in the left ventricular apex was underwent the extirpation of the tumor via left ventriculotomy with the aid of intraoperative epicardiac ultra-sound. An intraoperative epicardiac ultra-sound is a very useful tool to document a location of the tumor, and a left ventriculotomy approach for the extirpation of the tumor provides a good operative field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School Musashikosugi Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shirakawa
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imura
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Daigo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography