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.
Guérin
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, CHU Charleroi, Free University of Brussels, Charleroi, Belgium.
El Nakadi
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Sidi
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Guillaume
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Vanhaeverbeek
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Joris
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D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve; D005350:Fibroma / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male