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Embolization of an aortic valve papillary fibroma to the left main and anterior descending coronary arteries caused the sudden unexpected death of a 21-year-old man.
Highlights a rare case of sudden death caused by coronary embolization from an aortic valve papillary fibroma.
Alerts clinicians to rare tumor embolization in unexplained young sudden death; leaves open incidence and prevention strategies.
The case of the sudden unexpected death of a 21-year-old man due to embolization of segments of an aortic valve papillary fibroma to the left main and anterior descending coronary artery is presented. The literature regarding cardiac papillary fibroma is reviewed with particular reference to those cases associated with sudden death.
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Amr et al. (1991) studied this question. Embolization of an aortic valve papillary fibroma to the left main and anterior descending coronary arteries caused the sudden unexpected death of a 21-year-old man.
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