title: Complex aortic valve repair following excision of a papillary fibroelastoma.
abstract: Complex aortic valve repair after mass lesion resection, in an otherwise normal, thin leafleted valve, is rarely described in the literature. We present a 68-year-old woman who underwent resection of an asymptomatic aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma. Due to extensive involvement of her left coronary cusp, the resection resulted in a significant defect in the leaflet, requiring a complex repair to preserve her otherwise normal aortic valve. We describe the operative findings, repair technique, and associated literature.
authors.affiliation: University of California Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA. daren.danielson@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Daren S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Danielson
authors.forename: Dennis J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Stephanie C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Mayberg
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raskin
authors.forename: J Nilas
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed