title: Excision of epicardial cyst originating from the left ventricle using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass.
abstract: Pericardial cysts are occasionally encountered and successfully excised using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). However, cardiac cysts originating from the epicardium are extremely rare. Herein, we report an epicardial cyst that was completely excised using VATS. The epicardial cyst had a feeding vessel from the left ventricle and was considered to originate from the left ventricle. To the best of our knowledge, this case is the first to report excision of an epicardial cyst using VATS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Hwan
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Korea.
authors.forename: Si Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Korea.
authors.forename: Seong Cheol
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Jeong
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Cardiopulmonary bypass; Epicardial cyst; VATS