Why the study?
Papillary fibroelastomas carry significant embolic risk, and standard treatments have been surgical excision or medical therapy.
Population
Patients with cardiac papillary fibroelastomas
Comparison
Percutaneous removal using mechanical aspiration techniques
Key result
Percutaneous removal of cardiac papillary fibroelastomas using mechanical aspiration techniques is reported as an early experience alternative to surgical excision or medical therapy.
Authors
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May support percutaneous removal in select cases; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Percutaneous removal using mechanical aspiration techniques may offer a novel, less invasive alternative to surgical excision for patients with cardiac papillary fibroelastomas.
Seby et al. (2024) studied this question. Percutaneous removal of cardiac papillary fibroelastomas using mechanical aspiration techniques is reported as an early experience alternative to surgical excision or medical therapy.