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A case of symptomatic fibroelastoma of the mitral valve

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We report a symptomatic case of a papillary fibroelastoma originating from the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve. Transthoracic echocardiography of a 37-year-old man with normal coronary angiogram, revealed a fibroelastoma on the mitral valve. The tumour was successfully removed using a shave excision technique.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rigshopital, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Shantanu Sinha & Peter Skov Olsen

  2. Department of Cardiothvascular Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Shantanu Sinha

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Sinha, S., Olsen, P.S. A case of symptomatic fibroelastoma of the mitral valve. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 33, 52–54 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-016-0468-8

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