Minimally Invasive Approach for Cardiac Hemangioma Resection in a Teenager. Issue 4 (July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thornton, Steven W.; Hoover, Anna C.; Nellis, Joseph R.; Overbey, Douglas M.; Andersen, Nicholas D.; Haney, John C.; Turek, Joseph W.
• Is Part Of: Innovations. Volume 17:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 358
• Page End: 360
• Publication Date: 2022-07
• Subjects: left anterior mini-incision -- hemangioma -- congenital heart surgery -- minimally invasive -- cardiac tumor; Cardiovascular system -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Heart -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Blood-vessels -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Chest -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Thoracic Surgical Procedures -- methods -- Periodicals; Vascular Surgical Procedures -- methods -- Periodicals; Thorax -- Chirurgie -- Méthodologie -- Périodiques; Vaisseaux sanguins -- Chirurgie -- Méthodologie -- Périodiques; Blood-vessels -- Surgery; Chest -- Surgery; Periodicals; 617.41
• DOI: 10.1177/15569845221107012
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1556-9845

Abstract

Cardiac hemangiomas are a rare tumor traditionally resected by median sternotomy. We performed a minimally invasive right ventricular cardiac hemangioma resection via a left anterior mini-incision (LAMI). The procedure was without complication, and the patient was discharged on postoperative day 2. The LAMI has been used broadly by our team for operations involving the right ventricular outflow tract, as an alternative to median sternotomy. Here we show that it can also be used for the resection of a cardiac tumor.