Video-assisted cardioscopy for removal of primary left ventricular fibroma

Omar A Araji; María A Gutierrez-Martin; Nuria Miranda; José M Barquero

doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.223008

Video-assisted cardioscopy for removal of primary left ventricular fibroma

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Feb;10(2):344-5. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.223008. Epub 2009 Nov 25.

Authors

Omar A Araji¹, María A Gutierrez-Martin, Nuria Miranda, José M Barquero

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Virgen Macarena, Avenida Dr Fedriani 3, 41009 Sevilla, Spain. oharaji@hotmail.com

PMID: 19939851
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.223008

Abstract

We present a case of a cardiac fibroma affecting the base of the anterior papillary muscle resected under cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioscopy and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) instruments through the mitral valve. The surgical approach and instrumentation of previous case reports are reviewed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Biopsy
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / instrumentation
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Fibroma / pathology
Fibroma / surgery*
Heart Neoplasms / pathology
Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Papillary Muscles / surgery
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted* / instrumentation
Thoracoscopes
Treatment Outcome