Aortic Valve Leaflet Reconstruction after Excision of a Papillary Fibroelastoma using Autologous Pericardium

Introduction

Papillary fibroelastoma (PF) is a rare benign tumor of the heart, originating in the endocardium, including the heart valves [[1]]. It is usually found incidentally at autopsy or surgery and is rarely symptomatic, but can cause myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction and systemic embolism, even in young patients and sometimes results in sudden death. For this reason, surgical removal is necessary, despite the benign nature of the tumor [[1]]. Recently an increasing number of PF have been found and detected preoperatively by echocardiography.

We report a case of aortic valve PF causing a non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) revealed by echocardiography.

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