title: Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve in a patient with an acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: We describe a patient with a myocardial infarction in whom a tumor near the aortic valve was identified by routine transthoracic echocardiography. Transesophageal echocardiography proved to be particularly useful in identifying the attachment of the tumor to the aortic valve and enabled a surgical approach through the ascending aorta. On microscopic examination, the tumor appeared to be a papillary fibroelastoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sint Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Pasteuning
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zijnen
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: van der Aa
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: van Geldorp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*