title: Echocardographic features of papillary fibroelastoma and their consequences and management.
abstract: Thirty-five percent of patients (5 of 15) were diagnosed with ischemic stroke from left-sided papillary fibroelastomas by diagnosis of exclusion, whereas 40% of patients (6 of 15) did not have ischemic stroke.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Seton Hall University Graduate School of Medical Education, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07207, USA.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Yee
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Nwosu
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Lii
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Velasco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Millman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000465:Algorithms; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D010212:Papilloma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies