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An Uncommon Cause of Coronary Artery Ostial Obstruction: Papillary Fibroelastoma
Author(s) -
Erdoes Gabor,
Stalder Mario,
Basciani Reto,
Gugger Mathias,
Carrel Thierry,
Eberle Balthasar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.01087.x
Subject(s) - papillary fibroelastoma , medicine , cardiology , cardiac tumors , embolization , myocardial infarction , angina , artery , radiology , fibroma , right coronary artery , coronary angiography , pathology
Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma is a benign tumor that mainly affects cardiac valves. The tumor has the potential to cause angina and myocardial infarction due to embolization of tumor fragments. We describe a rare case of right coronary artery ostial obstruction by a 12 × 19 mm sized papillary fibroelastoma located in the sinus of Valsalva. The report underlies the importance of echocardiography in diagnosis and intraoperative treatment of this type of cardiac mass. (Echocardiography 2010;27:337‐340)