Transaortic Excision of Left Ventricular Papillary Fibroelastoma

Transthoracic echocardiography in a 75-year-old woman with fatigue, dizziness, and left-sided weakness, demonstrated a 3.5 × 3-cm mass in the left ventricle, near the apex. The mass was excised via the aorta. Histology indicated a papillary fibroelastoma. Such tumors rarely arise from the ventricular endocardium.

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