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Cardiac Valve Papillary Fibroelastoma: Surgical Excision for Revealed or Potential Embolization
Author(s) -
Yopp Adam C.,
Vaynblat Mikhail,
Cunningham Joseph N.,
Lazzaro Richard S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00348.x
Subject(s) - papillary fibroelastoma , medicine , cardiac valve , cardiac tumors , embolization , surgical excision , fibroma , cardiology , surgery , radiology , anatomy
Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas (CPF) are benign endocardial papillomas commonly formed from valve endothelium. The majority of tumors are found on the left side of the heart, with only a few case reports of pulmonary valve fibroelastomas. We report here a case of pulmonary valve papillary fibroelastoma that was successfully managed with simple excision of the mass.