[Left apical tumor extirpation via left ventriculotomy with the aid of epicardial echocardiography]

Kyobu Geka. 2013 Jun;66(6):473-5.
[Article in Japanese]

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Lipoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Lipoma / surgery*
  • Ultrasonography