CARDIAC PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMAS - TWO-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC RECOGNITION

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 56  (10) , 629-633
Abstract
Papillary fibroelastomas are benign tumors of the heart and are most often incidental findings at cardiac surgery or autopsy. Rarely, symptoms or even sudden death can occur. Two cases of cardiac papillary tumors diagnosed by 2-dimensional echocardiography and successfully excised are reported. One patient was asymptomatic and had a 1-by 1-cm papilloma of the mitral valve. The other patient had intermittent chest pains and diaphoresis associated with a 1.5-by 1-cm aortic valve papilloma.

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