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Papillary fibroelastoma of the left atrial appendage: echocardiographic findings
T Tsukube1, K Ataka, T Taniguchi
1Department of Surgery, Kobe University, School of Medicine, Japan. ttsukube@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|November 18, 2000
Abstract:
Papillary fibroelastoma is a small and rare benign intracardiac tumor that most frequently arises from the valvular endocardium. We report a patient with acute myocardial infarction in whom a papillary fibroelastoma in the left atrial appendage was detected by a transesophageal echocardiography during evaluation of the myocardial infarction. The roles of transesophageal echocardiography and surgical intervention are discussed.