Key result
TTE incidentally detects a suspected aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma during evaluation for exertional dyspnea.
Population
One 69-year-old woman with a history of arterial hypertension
Design
Case report
Authors
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Supports TTE for exertional dyspnea; single case leaves open natural history and intervention thresholds for aortic fibroelastoma.
Echocardiography is useful for the incidental detection of aortic valve papillary fibroelastomas.
Mandiola et al. (2024) studied this question. Transthoracic echocardiography incidentally revealed a mobile mass suggestive of an aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma in a 69-year-old woman evaluated for exertional dyspnea.
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