title: Left atrial fibroelastoma.
abstract: We describe a 67-year-old man with a history of stroke who was found to have a mass at the left atrial ridge, at the free wall of the left atrium between the left atrial appendage and the pulmonary vein. The mass was removed surgically and pathological analysis showed fibroelastoma. A literature search showed that fibroelastoma in the left atrial ridge frequently causes embolic stroke.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Iwao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: Waquas
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Anjun
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Whitten
authors.forename: Fernando U
authors.initials: FU
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Strong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome