Ascending Aortic Wall Fibroelastoma in an Elderly Woman with Dyspnea.
Nausharwan ButtAsma GulabJi Hyun YookIman Abdulameer Faraj AlsarayLovely ChhabraPublished in: Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal (2022)
Aortic fibroelastoma is an uncommon pathology that is often found incidentally on routine cardiac imaging. The use of multimodality imaging including computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging has led to discovery of further distinguishing features of these lesions that may allow improved differentiation from aortic thrombi. Although most are located on cardiac valves, nonvalvular fibroelastomas have been seen on occasion. Optimal diagnosis and management of incidental aortic fibroelastomas remains debated. We describe a case of nonvalvular aortic fibroelastoma and review current diagnostic and management approaches.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- left ventricular
- pulmonary artery
- aortic dissection
- magnetic resonance imaging
- atrial fibrillation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- small molecule
- aortic stenosis
- heart failure
- computed tomography
- left atrial appendage
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- high throughput
- magnetic resonance
- fluorescence imaging
- mass spectrometry