Double papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve.

Tex Heart Inst J

The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.

Published: March 2005

A case of asymptomatic aortic valve fibroelastoma was diagnosed by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in a 77-year-old man. A 2nd tumor was found at surgery. Both fibroelastomas were removed surgically without aortic valve replacement. During surgical excision of a cardiac fibroelastoma, the entire area surrounding the lesion should be inspected carefully for additional lesions. Such lesions can be missed on echocardiographic evaluation.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC548254PMC

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