Left Ventricular Mass: Myxoma or Thrombus: Resection Through the Mitral Valve via the Transeptal Approach

Artemiou P, Martincek M, Gasparovic I and Schusterova I

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Slovak Medical University, Slovakia
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Jan Pavel Safarik, Slovakia
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Faculty Hospital, Slovakia

^*Correspondance to: Panagiotis Artemiou 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.1094

Abstract

In this case report a 43 years old male patient was presented with symptoms of embolic right leg ischemia. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a left ventricular mass present toward the apex attached to the interventricular septum with the presumptive diagnosis of myxoma. He underwent a successful removal of the tumor through the mitral valve via the transeptal approach. Histology showed mixed thrombus.

Keywords

Left ventricular mass; Transeptal approach; Myxoma; Thrombus

Cite the article

Artemiou P, Martincek M, Gasparovic I, Schusterova I. Left Ventricular Mass: Myxoma or Thrombus: Resection Through the Mitral Valve via the Transeptal Approach. Clin Surg. 2016; 1: 1094.