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Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2008;3(2):131-133.
Published online April 30, 2008.
Anesthetic Management of the Excision of Left Ventricular Papillary Fibroelastoma : A case report
Eun Sung Kim, Joon Pyo Jeon, Keon Hee Ryu
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. anejjp@catholic.ac.kr
Abstract
We present a rare case of movable mass which attached to chordae and papillary muscle of anterior leaflet of mitral valve in left ventricle discovered preoperative echocardiography. The mass had risks of mechanical obstruction and hemodynamic instability. The patient underwent excision of mass and mitral valve replacement. The diagnosis of papillary fibroelastoma was confirmed by histologic examination. The surgery was done without any complications by safe and cautious anesthetic management without any complications.
Key Words: cardiac neoplasm, embolism, papillary fibroelastoma


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