Population
1 63-year-old woman with rheumatic mitral stenosis and left brachial paresis due to cerebral embolism, 12…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May indicate embolic source post-commissurotomy; hypothesis-generating for surveillance imaging in similar cases.
Papillary fibroelastoma can occur after mitral valve commissurotomy and is an important source of emboli, highlighting the need for early echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical excision.
Cesena et al. (1999) studied this question.
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