Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve - a case report and literature review

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The prevalence of primary cardiac tumour ranges from 0.0017-0.28% and papillary fibroelastoma is rare but not uncommon benign cardiac neoplasm. Currently, with the advent of higher-resolution imaging technology especially transoesophageal echocardiography such ca...

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Main Authors: Von Canal Friederike, Saleh Moataz A, Khan Javed A, Salustri Alessandro, Murphy Donogh M, Khouri Michael, Jha Neerod K, Augustin Norbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-10-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/84