Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve with atypical chest pain: late presentation with acute myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest.
We report a case of a 54-year-old female with papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve who presented with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest. Though her initial symptom was only atypical chest pain, life-threatening complications such as acute myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest developed. After cardiopulmonary resuscitation, we promptly resected the fibroelastoma on cardiopulmonary bypass, and the patient was discharged without any other complications.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
Ae-Young
AY
Her
Yong Hoon
YH
Kim
Jeong Won
JW
Heo
Kilsoo
K
Yie
Seungkoo
S
Lee
D001021:Aortic Valve; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*