• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Apr 2008

    Case Reports

    Resection of left ventricular papillary fibroelastoma through thoracoscopic-assisted minithoracotomy.

    • Hyung Gon Je, Yun Seok Kim, Sung-Ho Jung, and Jae Won Lee.
    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, 388-1 Poongnap-dong, Songpa-ku, Seoul 138-040, South Korea.
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 Apr 1;7(2):320-1.

    AbstractAlthough 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.

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