Minimal access excision of aortic valve fibroelastoma: a case report and review of the literature

Minimal access excision of aortic valve fibroelastoma: a case report and review of the literature

Papillary fibroelastomas are rare primary tumours of cardiac origin accounting for approximately 10% of all primary cardiac neoplasms. Due to a high thromboembolic risk, surgical excision is the mainstay of treatment in these patients and median sternotomy the most widely used approach. We describe...

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Main Authors: Harling, Leanne, Athanasiou, Thanos, Ashrafian, Hutan, Kokotsakis, John, Brown, Virginia, Nathan, Anthony, Casula, Roberto
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3494536/
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spelling pubmed-34945362012-11-10 Minimal access excision of aortic valve fibroelastoma: a case report and review of the literature Harling, Leanne Athanasiou, Thanos Ashrafian, Hutan Kokotsakis, John Brown, Virginia Nathan, Anthony Casula, Roberto Case Report Papillary fibroelastomas are rare primary tumours of cardiac origin accounting for approximately 10% of all primary cardiac neoplasms. Due to a high thromboembolic risk, surgical excision is the mainstay of treatment in these patients and median sternotomy the most widely used approach. We describe the case of a 43 year-old lady presenting with acute myocardial infarction secondary to aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma subsequently excised using a minimal access technique. From our experience mini-sternotomy offers excellent exposure and allows for safe resection in such cases, improving cosmesis without compromising either intra or post-operative outcome. BioMed Central 2012-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3494536/ /pubmed/22943845 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-7-80 Text en Copyright ©2012 Harling et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Harling, Leanne
Athanasiou, Thanos
Ashrafian, Hutan
Kokotsakis, John
Brown, Virginia
Nathan, Anthony
Casula, Roberto
spellingShingle Harling, Leanne
Athanasiou, Thanos
Ashrafian, Hutan
Kokotsakis, John
Brown, Virginia
Nathan, Anthony
Casula, Roberto
Minimal access excision of aortic valve fibroelastoma: a case report and review of the literature
author_facet Harling, Leanne
Athanasiou, Thanos
Ashrafian, Hutan
Kokotsakis, John
Brown, Virginia
Nathan, Anthony
Casula, Roberto
author_sort Harling, Leanne
title Minimal access excision of aortic valve fibroelastoma: a case report and review of the literature
title_short Minimal access excision of aortic valve fibroelastoma: a case report and review of the literature
title_full Minimal access excision of aortic valve fibroelastoma: a case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Minimal access excision of aortic valve fibroelastoma: a case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Minimal access excision of aortic valve fibroelastoma: a case report and review of the literature
title_sort minimal access excision of aortic valve fibroelastoma: a case report and review of the literature
description Papillary fibroelastomas are rare primary tumours of cardiac origin accounting for approximately 10% of all primary cardiac neoplasms. Due to a high thromboembolic risk, surgical excision is the mainstay of treatment in these patients and median sternotomy the most widely used approach. We describe the case of a 43 year-old lady presenting with acute myocardial infarction secondary to aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma subsequently excised using a minimal access technique. From our experience mini-sternotomy offers excellent exposure and allows for safe resection in such cases, improving cosmesis without compromising either intra or post-operative outcome.
publisher BioMed Central
publishDate 2012
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