1129-4728572004JulItal Heart J Suppl[Two cardiac tumors with left ventricular location: myxoma and papillary fibroelastoma].544547544-7We report 2 clinical cases of cardiac tumors, myxoma and papillary fibroelastoma, with unusual ventricular location. The clinical manifestations of these entities are not well described. Usually the patients are asymptomatic even if they have a high risk for cardiac and systemic embolic events so that these neoplasms are recognized during life more often in patients evaluated for embolic events of unclear pathology. The routine use of echocardiography has increased the detection of these tumors in living patients. In the surgical treatment, the approach should allow minimal manipulation of the tumors, inspection of all four cardiac chambers to overlook if tumors are multifocal and provide adequate exposure for complete resection. In our experience, we used two surgical approaches, via the left ventricle and via the aortic valve.Leonardi CattolicaFrancesco SaverioFSDivisione di Cardiochirurgia, A.C.O. San Filippo Neri, Roma. s.leonardi@sanfilipponeri.roma.itMinatiAlessandroATestaNicolaNSordiniPaoloPCostantinoAlbertoAGentiliCarloCAloisAlbertoAGalloRoccoRMadaroPasqualePAuritiAntonioABernardiCinziaCStaibanoMarioMitaCase ReportsEnglish AbstractJournal ArticleDue rari casi di tumori cardiaci in sede ventricolare sinistra: mixoma ventricolare e fibroelastoma papillare.