title: A symptomatic papillary fibroelastoma of the left ventricle removed with the aid of transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: A papillary fibroelastoma, causing amaurosis fugax and paresis of the right arm, was detected by echocardiography as a free floating mass in the left-ventricular outflow tract. Based on the exact localization of the tumor by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography the initial indication for ventriculotomy was disregarded and an atraumatic transvalvular approach was chosen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Schuetz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Welz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Heymer
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative