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A papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve caused sudden death by occluding the right coronary artery ostium.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare but fatal complication of aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma causing coronary ostial occlusion.
Rare fibroelastomas may cause fatal ostial occlusion; leaves open incidence, detection, and prevention strategies.
Papillary fibroelastomas are rare endocardial growths that most commonly occur on the cardiac valves. Whether papillary fibroelastomas represent true neoplasms, hamartomas, or degenerative changes is debatable. Whatever their origin, papillary fibroelastomas have a characteristic gross and microscopic appearance, are usually solitary, and are almost always incidental findings at autopsy or during cardiac surgery. We report a case of sudden death caused by occlusion of the right coronary artery ostium by a papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve. We discuss the gross and microscopic features, differential diagnosis, and etiology and pathogenesis of this rare and interesting cardiac lesion.
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Prahlow et al. (1998) conducted a case report in Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve (n=1). Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve was evaluated on Sudden death. A papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve caused sudden death by occluding the right coronary artery ostium.
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