title: Transesophageal echocardiographic localization of an aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma during routine coronary artery bypass surgery.
abstract: Papillary fibroelastomas are rare, primary cardiac tumors most often diagnosed incidentally at autopsy. These tumors have been associated with embolism, neurologic injury, coronary ischemia and sudden death. We report a case of clinical detection of an asymptomatic aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma by transesophageal echocardiography. The mass was an incidental finding during routine coronary artery bypass surgery. This finding dictated a change in the operative approach to include resection of the aortic valve mass in addition to coronary revascularization.
authors.affiliation: New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Autz
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Krieger
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional