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Papillary Fibroelastoma in the Left Ventricle

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Specialty General Medicine
Date 2021 Aug 30
PMID 34456493
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Abstract

We present a 61-year-old woman with a recent transient ischemic attack who presented with presyncope and was ultimately found to have a papillary fibroelastoma at the apex of her left ventricle. She underwent minimally invasive excision of the tumor.

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