Unusual tumor in the left ventricular outflow tract

Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Jan;85(1):315-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.047.

Abstract

We report an unusual case of a pseudocyst in the left ventricular outflow tract in a 58-year-old woman. The cyst was successfully resected by a transatrial approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Cardiomyopathies / complications
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiomyopathies / surgery*
  • Chordae Tendineae / pathology
  • Cysts / complications
  • Cysts / diagnosis
  • Cysts / surgery*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / etiology
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / surgery*