Excision of Atrial Myxoma Through a Totally Thoracoscopic Approach on the Fibrillating Heart.
Rani KronenbergerMohamed BentalaAudrey DevosCarlo de AsmundisMark La MeirPublished in: Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) (2023)
Cardiac myxomas are the most common form of primary cardiac neoplasms. Although benign, they can be deleterious by causing embolic events and intracardiac obstruction. After complete surgical resection, the prognosis is excellent. Although isolated case reports performing video-assisted thoracotomy on the arrested heart have been published, median sternotomy with central cannulation remains the standard approach. We herein describe the case of a morbidly obese patient undergoing successful total resection of a left atrial myxoma using a completely thoracoscopic approach on the fibrillating heart.
Keyphrases
- left atrial
- atrial fibrillation
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- catheter ablation
- mitral valve
- case report
- left atrial appendage
- obese patients
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- type diabetes
- aortic valve replacement
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- randomized controlled trial
- thoracic surgery
- ultrasound guided
- coronary artery disease
- systematic review
- minimally invasive
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation