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Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:1136. doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.189332A
© 2008 European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
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eComment: Did the papillary fibroelastoma really grow rapidly?

Karthik R. Vaidyanathan

Santosham Chest Hospital, 155 Egmore High Road, Chennai 600008, India

Aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma that developed rapidly after open-heart surgery

An interesting case [1]. The authors have mentioned that the first open heart procedure was done in 2003. However, there is no mention as to when the papillary fibroelastomas (PFE) were detected. In this light, I question the appropriateness of using the term ‘rapidly growing’. Further, there is a distinct possibility that the PFEs were in fact present during the first surgery but were missed as the aortic valve must not have been visualised during surgery for atrial embolectomy.


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  1. Okamoto Y, Matsumoto M, Inoue H, Shimura K. Aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma that developed rapidly after open-heart surgery. Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:1134–1136.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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