Surgical treatment of papillary fibroelastoma in the aortic valve: a case report.
With the exception of myxomas, primary tumors of the heart are very rare. We present here our experience with papillary fibroelastoma in the aortic valve. We could not preserve the aortic valve because of the wide attachment of the tumor to the valve and aortic regurgitation.
First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Naoki
N
Washiyama
Katsushi
K
Yamashita
Hitoshi
H
Terada
Kazuhiro
K
Ohkura
Satoshi
S
Akuzawa
D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged