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Mitral valve repair after excision of a fibrolipoma
- Source :
- The Annals of thoracic surgery. 66(5)
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- A 2-year-old patient with severe mitral regurgitation associated with a mass originating from the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve is reported. Excision of the tumor and mitral valve repair was performed. Four years later the child remains asymptomatic with no recurrence of the tumor or regurgitation.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Regurgitation (circulation)
Asymptomatic
Heart Neoplasms
Mitral valve
medicine
Methods
Humans
cardiovascular diseases
Mitral valve repair
Anterior leaflet
Mitral regurgitation
Fibrolipoma
business.industry
Mitral Valve Insufficiency
Lipoma
medicine.disease
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Child, Preschool
cardiovascular system
Mitral Valve
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00034975
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Annals of thoracic surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f3f6e4afbb66a3f0539e36f76560c07d