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European Heart Journal 1988 9(5):563-566;
Copyright © 1988 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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© 1988 The European Society of Cardiology

Cardiac fibroma with tumor involvement of the mitral valve: diagnosis by cross-sectional echocardiography

F. KUTAYLI*, J. MALOUF{dagger}, M. SLIM{ddagger}, A. MUFARRIJ§ and J. HATEM{ddagger}

*Departments of Pediatrics, American University of Beirut, Medical Center Beirut, Lebanon
{dagger}Departments of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Medical Center Beirut, Lebanon
{ddagger}Departments of Surgery, American University of Beirut, Medical Center Beirut, Lebanon
§Departments of Pathology, American University of Beirut, Medical Center Beirut, Lebanon

Received 5 March 1985; revised 28 October 1987; .

Address for reprints. Fand Kuiayli, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The clinical, cross-sectional echocardiographic, haemodynamic, and angiographic features of a case of cardiac fibroma in a newborn with unexplained pulmonary hypertension, and direct tumor involvement of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, are presented. The role of echocardiography in the pre-operative evaluation of cardiac tumors is discussed.

Key Words: Cardiac fibroma • ventricular fibrillation • pulmonary hypertension


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