Preoperative Transthoracic Echocardiography Shows Resolution of Presumed Papillary Fibroelastoma: Patient Goes Home Instead of to Operating Room

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Feb;31(1):e14-e16. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.07.039. Epub 2016 Jul 28.

Authors

Daniel R Harland¹, Renuka Jain¹, Louie N Kostopoulos¹, Bijoy K Khandheria², Jonathan Kay¹

Affiliations

¹ Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, WI.
² Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, WI. Electronic address: publishing22@aurora.org.

PMID: 27727081
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.07.039

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / methods*
Fibroma / diagnosis*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Humans
Male
Papillary Muscles / diagnostic imaging*
Preoperative Period
Remission, Spontaneous