A local cryotherapy with percutaneous tumour removal as a successful treatment option in patient with tricuspid valve fibroelastoma papillare

Autor: Paweł Ptaszyński, Krzysztof Kaczmarek, Romuald Wojnicz, Piotr Jakubowski
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: European heart journal. 38(18)
ISSN: 1522-9645
Popis: An 80-year-old woman with chronic atrial fibrillation and multiple comorbidities was admitted due to symptomatic complete atrioventricular block. An echocardiography revealed a 7.5 × 6.8 × 5.8 mm tumour floating on atrial surface of the posterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve ( Panel A and B ). An approach with transvenous cardiac pacemaker and surgical resection of the tumour …
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