Surgical repair for aortic valve fibro-elastoma: a case report.
Valvular cardiac tumours are rare but account for a high prevalence of stroke or sudden death. We report a case of an incidental finding on echocardiographic screening of a 65-year-old man. He was admitted to the emergency department for an episode of sinus bradycardia due to B-blocker overdose. Diagnosis of fibro-elastoma was rapidly suspected and the patient underwent surgery in order to prevent embolization. Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment are discussed.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, CHU Charleroi, Free University of Brussels, Charleroi, Belgium.
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Guérin
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El Nakadi
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Sidi
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Guillaume
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Vanhaeverbeek
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Joris
D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve; D005350:Fibroma / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male