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1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
Abstract:
A patient with a thrombosed mechanical valve underwent valve re-replacement during which a tumor of the left ventricular outflow tract with the typical macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of a papillary fibroelastoma was successfully removed surgically. The 60-year-old woman had undergone isolated mitral valve replacement with a St Jude Medical 29-mm valve for mitral regurgitation 15 years ago. The present admission was for investigation of dyspnea on exertion. Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a posteroseptal, pedunculated mass, measuring 1.3x1.0 cm, in the outflow tract of the left ventricle, mild mitral regurgitation and slight aortic stenosis.
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