Population
1 81-year-old female with a mobile tumor located deep in the left ventricular apex, incidentally discovered…
Design
Case_report
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Feasibility shown in one case; leaves open whether thoracoscopic-assisted resection is safe or generalizable for deep LV tumors.
A combined sternotomy and chest-port approach assisted by thoracoscopy with an endoscopic sucker can facilitate the uncomplicated en bloc removal of deep left ventricular tumors.
Kaneko et al. (2006) studied this question.
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