Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma: Atypical Presentation Mimicking Infective Endocarditis With False Positive Commensal Blood Cultures

Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas (CPFs) are rare benign cardiac neoplasms that carry a high risk of embolization if not diagnosed and managed in a timely manner. As most patients are asymptomatic, CPF may be incidentally detected on transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) when performed for other indic...

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Autores principales: Collado-Rivera, Carlos J, Vojniku, Krisela, Sharma, Mohit, Fernandez, Harold A, Kaell, Alan T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10462397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37644918
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42660

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