Recurrent Syncope and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Due to a Papillary Fibroelastoma

Abstract

Symptoms of papillary fibroelastomas are often related to thromboembolic events but are rarely caused by a mechanical impairment of blood supply by the tumor itself. We describe a case of a papillary fibroelastoma in a 91-year-old female patient leading to a cardiac arrest through intermittent occlusion of the left coronary artery.

Keywords

• tumor
• histology
• cardiac
• aortic valve & root
• heart disease