Incidental detection of an aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma by echocardiography in an asymptomatic patient presenting with hypertension

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 905-908

  Evans, Andrew J ^a   Butany, Jagdish ^a,b   Omran, Ahmad S ^a   David, Tirone E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Echocardiography; Papillary fibroelastoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBROELASTOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE;

AORTIC VALVE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FIBROMA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030732161     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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