Incidental cardiac papillary fibroelastoma: a management dilemma

Incidental cardiac papillary fibroelastoma: a management dilemma

Learning points Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPFE) is the second common primary cardiac tumour with the most common location being aortic valve, followed by mitral valve. Because of the potential risk of embolism and mechanical obstruction, it can lead to serious morbidity or life-threatening si...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ case reports 2013-08, Vol.2013, p.bcr2013200133
Hauptverfasser: Chhabra, Lovely, Joshi, Saurabh, Chaubey, Vinod Kumar, Kaul, Sudesh
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Sprache:eng
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Catheters
Embolisms
Female
Fibroma - diagnostic imaging
Fibroma - therapy
Heart attacks
Heart Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Heart Neoplasms - therapy
Humans
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Incidental Findings
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography
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Zusammenfassung:Learning points Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPFE) is the second common primary cardiac tumour with the most common location being aortic valve, followed by mitral valve. Because of the potential risk of embolism and mechanical obstruction, it can lead to serious morbidity or life-threatening situation.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2013-200133