Removal of a ventricular mitral valve fibroelastoma by an aortic approach.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dupuytren University Medical Hospital, 2 Av. M. L. King, 87042 University of Limoges, France.

Published: December 2006

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  • Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas are unusual growths in the heart that are often found during heart tests for other issues.
  • They can also be diagnosed if someone has heart problems or if pieces of them travel and cause other health issues.
  • Treatment always involves surgery, as shown by a patient who had mental health problems due to a piece from their heart growth affecting their brain, and the surgery was done using special video tools.

Article Abstract

Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas are rare neoplasms usually incidentally found by echocardiography for unrelated problems. Otherwise they could be diagnosed following cardiac symptoms or after an embolic complication. The treatment is only surgical, whatever their size, to prevent any complications. A patient is described who presented acute psychiatric symptoms as a consequence of cerebral embolism of a mitral valve papillary fibroelastoma. The surgical excision was performed through an aortotomy with videoscopy used to help exposure and removal.

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