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Left ventricular papillary fibroelastoma with coronary embolization
A Mazzucco1, U Bortolotti, G Thiene
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padova Medical School, Italy.
Abstract:
We describe a patient who survived an acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary embolization from a left ventricular papillary fibroelastoma. The tumour, which was detected by 2-D echocardiography, was successfully excised.