Papillary muscle resection as a treatment for midventricular obstruction

Kazuhiro Kochi; Kenji Okada; Masanobu Watari; Kazumasa Orihashi; Taijiro Sueda

Papillary muscle resection as a treatment for midventricular obstruction

Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002 Apr;8(2):109-11.

Authors

Kazuhiro Kochi¹, Kenji Okada, Masanobu Watari, Kazumasa Orihashi, Taijiro Sueda

Affiliation

¹ First Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.

PMID: 12027799

Abstract

We have experienced a surgically treated case of midventricular obstruction. A simple mitral valve replacement was effective to relieve the obstruction and to increase the cavity of the left ventricular outflow tract without a myectomy through the aortic valve.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Echocardiography
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / surgery
Papillary Muscles / diagnostic imaging
Papillary Muscles / surgery*
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / surgery*