Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma: Pulmonic Valve Involvement With Pulmonary Embolism and Pulmonary Hypertension

Papillary fibroelastomas are rarely seen tumors of the cardiac valves. We present a case of papillary fibroelastoma present on the pulmonic valve. Diagnosis was made by characteristic echocardiogram findings. Complications of pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension were present. Due to contrai...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jilani, Danish, Abuzahra, Mohammed, Ali, Meher B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9309010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35898354
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26302
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Sumario:Papillary fibroelastomas are rarely seen tumors of the cardiac valves. We present a case of papillary fibroelastoma present on the pulmonic valve. Diagnosis was made by characteristic echocardiogram findings. Complications of pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension were present. Due to contraindications, the patient was managed with anticoagulation instead of surgery. 

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