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Fully Endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair with Percutaneous Cannulation of Groin Vessels
Published on: May 26, 2023
Embolizing papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral valve
A Mazzucco1, G Faggian, U Bortolotti
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy.
Abstract:
We report a case of myocardial infarction secondary to coronary embolization of a papillary fibroelastoma of the anterior mitral leaflet. The patient underwent successful operation. The English literature describes only 9 other surgically excised papillary fibroelastomas of the mitral valve. In 5 of these cases, the patient presented with signs of cerebral or coronary embolization. Our case further confirms that intracardiac papillary fibroelastomas pose a major threat of systemic embolization and that the clinician should be alert to the possibility of this condition, particularly in young patients who present with myocardial infarction or other conditions that could have arisen from systemic embolization.
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