Aortic Valve Papillary Fibroelastoma
We report the case of 77-year-old man presenting with chest pain and transient ST-segment elevation, who was found to have a large aortic valve fibroelastoma. Echocardiographic, computed tomographic, and gross and histopathologic images are presented for illustration. The patient had successful surgical resection with stable clinical status at 6-month follow-up.
Authors
- Ziyad Ghazzal
- Omar Fakhreddine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2345-0106)
- Pierre Sfeir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7989-0322)
- Habib Abbas Dakik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6436-600X)
- Walid Gharzuddin
- Hicham Moukaddam
- Nina S. Shabb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9103-2304)
- Anthony Shelby
- Mohammad Ali Hatoum
Institutions
- American University of Beirut (LB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2025.0249
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39