Open AccessAsymptomatic blood cyst of the papillary muscle in an adult undergoing coronary bypass surgery
Author(s) -
Peter Donndorf,
Benjamin Bermaoui,
Bernd Westphal,
Gustav Steinhoff
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivs495
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , magnetic resonance imaging , papillary muscle , cyst , radiology , surgery , cardiology
Blood-filled cysts of larger size attached to the heart valves represent a very rare finding in adults. We report here a case of a blood-filled cyst attached to the papillary muscle, demonstrating the importance of multimodal preoperative diagnostic imaging combining both echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging.
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