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An atypical cause of myocardial infarction: case report of an obstructing papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve

BACKGROUND: Papillary fibroelastomas are rare primary cardiac tumours with a prevalence of 0.01% at autopsy. They are histologically benign tumours but have been demonstrated through case series to confer an increased risk of thrombo-embolism resulting in: transient ischaemic attack, stroke, myocard...

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Autores principales: Logan, Niamh, Islam, Mohammad Sirajul, Chughtai, Jehan Zeb, Murphy, Niamh F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6601164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31449619
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytz058