Video-assisted removal of a ventricular mass through the mitral valve

Paolo Porcu; Olivier Chavanon; Carmine Sessa; Dominique Blin

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00619.x

Video-assisted removal of a ventricular mass through the mitral valve

J Card Surg. 2008 Nov-Dec;23(6):741-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00619.x. Epub 2008 May 7.

Authors

Paolo Porcu¹, Olivier Chavanon, Carmine Sessa, Dominique Blin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France.

PMID: 18462338
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00619.x

Abstract

We report the case of 31-year-old man who was admitted for cerebellar ischemia. The echocardiography showed an intraventricular mass, mobile with the cardiac activity compatible with a thrombus or a myxoma. He successfully underwent a video-assisted removal of the mass, through the mitral valve.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Ischemia / diagnostic imaging*
Brain Ischemia / pathology
Brain Ischemia / surgery
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / instrumentation*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Heart Neoplasms / pathology
Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / pathology
Heart Ventricles / surgery*
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve / pathology
Mitral Valve / surgery*
Myxoma / surgery
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted* / methods
Ultrasonography