Echocardographic features of papillary fibroelastoma and their consequences and management

H C Yee; J E Nwosu; A D Lii; M Velasco; A Millman

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00527-4

Echocardographic features of papillary fibroelastoma and their consequences and management

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Sep 15;80(6):811-4. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00527-4.

Authors

H C Yee¹, J E Nwosu, A D Lii, M Velasco, A Millman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Seton Hall University Graduate School of Medical Education, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07207, USA.

PMID: 9315601
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00527-4

Abstract

Thirty-five percent of patients (5 of 15) were diagnosed with ischemic stroke from left-sided papillary fibroelastomas by diagnosis of exclusion, whereas 40% of patients (6 of 15) did not have ischemic stroke.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Algorithms
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Cohort Studies
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Heart Neoplasms / complications
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Neoplasms / surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Ischemia / etiology
Papilloma / complications
Papilloma / diagnostic imaging*
Papilloma / surgery
Retrospective Studies