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DOI
10.12998/wjcc.v5.i1.9
Journal Title
World Journal of Clinical Cases
First Page
9
Last Page
13
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Department
Medicine
Abstract
Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas (CPFs) are the second most common primary cardiac tumors and the most common cardiac valvular tumors. Although they are histologically benign and usually asymptomatic, CPFs can lead to serious and life-threatening complications like myocardial infarction, stroke, pulmonary embolus, cardiac arrest etc. CPFs represent a rare entity in clinical medicine and literature regarding their management is limited. We report two cases which illustrate such complications arising from undiagnosed CPFs on the aortic valve. We further stress on the importance of identifying CPFs early so that they can be managed appropriately based on recommendations from the available literature.
Recommended Citation
Yandrapalli, S., Mehta, B., Mondal, P., Gupta, T., Khattar, P., Fallon, J., Goldberg, R., Sule, S., & Aronow, W. (2017). Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma: the Need for a Timely Diagnosis. World Journal of Clinical Cases, 5 (1), 9-13. https://doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v5.i1.9
Publisher's Statement
Originally published in World Journal of Clinical Cases, 5(1), 9-13. The original material can be found here.
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