Excision of papillary endocardial tumor

J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 1989 Jan-Feb;30(1):47-9.

Abstract

We report the eighth case of surgical removal of a papillary endocardial tumor. The surgical approach was aided by intraoperative two-dimensional echocardiography. The tumor was attached to the chorda tendinea of the mitral valve and was successfully removed via a left atrial approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Period
  • Male
  • Papilloma / diagnosis
  • Papilloma / pathology
  • Papilloma / surgery*