Aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma. A diagnosis by transthoracic echocardiography.

Gopal, A; Li Mandri, G; King, D L; Marboe, C; Homma, S · Chest · 1994

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas are unusual, frond-like growths typically found on cardiac valves, diagnosed incidentally on autopsy or cardiac surgery, but rarely during life. We report a rare case of an aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma detected by transthoracic echocardiography and confirmed by histologic study.

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