OBJECTIVE We have reviewed the medical histories of 4 patients who underwent operations between November 2004 and February 2011 at Changhai Hospital for cardiac papillary fibroelastoma. METHODS Diagnosis was demonstrably suggested by echocardiography. Tumor locations were mitral valve (1), left atrium (1), and aortic valve (2). Indications for operation were previous cerebrovascular accident ...

Apreviously healthy 29-year-old woman complaining of atypical chest pain was referred to our hospital. No cardiovascular risk factors were present. Resting ECG demonstrated normal sinus rhythm, and an exercise ECG during full workload was inconspicuous. Routine transthoracic echocardiography revealed a small lesion protruding from the aortic side of the aortic valve (Figure 1, Data Supplement M...

Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF) is a rare neoplasm with predilection for heart valves, usually found incidentally on routine echocardiography. Most CPFs are asymptomatic; rarely, they are diagnosed because of cardiac symptoms or after an embolic event. This report describes the case of a 69-year-old woman with the incidental finding of a mass attached to the anterior mitral valve chordae....