Aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma: A rare cause of angina

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 456-457

  Bruno, Vito D ^a   Mariscalco, Giovanni ^a   de Vita, Stefano ^b   Piffaretti, Gabriele ^a   Nassiacos, Daniele ^b   Sala, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTIC VALVE PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXCISION; FEMALE; FIBROELASTOMA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051763229     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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