| Autor: |
Iwashita, Chihiro, Oki, Shin-ichi, Saito, Tsutomu, Misawa, Yoshio |
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General Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery; Aug2010, Vol. 58 Issue 8, p420-422, 3p |
| Abstrakt: |
We report an asymptomatic case of a papillary fibroelastoma adherent to the mitral anterior leaflet. Transthoracic echocardiography of an 85-year-old man with chronic atrial fibrillation and no thromboembolic episodes, revealed a cardiac tumor on the mitral valve. Transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated typical findings for a papillary fibroelastoma. The tumor was successfully removed using a shave excision technique. Currently, these tumors are found incidentally in asymptomatic patients by advanced diagnostic modalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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