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Transaortic video-assisted removal of a left ventricular thrombus
1Department of Surgery, Division II, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan. ttsukube@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|October 6, 1999
Abstract:
A mobile and pedunculated left ventricular thrombus was developed after acute myocardial infarction in a 59-year-old man, and was successfully removed surgically through the aortic valve using a video-assisted thoracoscope. Transaortic video-assisted thoracoscopy greatly facilitated exposure of the interior of the left ventricle and preserved left ventricular function by avoiding ventriculotomy.