A Highly Mobile Mass in the Anterior Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Immediately Beneath a Heavily Calcified, Stenotic Aortic Valve: Vegetation, Thrombus, or Neoplasm?

Paul S Pagel; Derek J De Vry; Balbino E Lopez; Amber K Zdanovec; Brittany N Price; Carlos O Encarnación; Minerva P Kryniak; G Hossein Almassi

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2015.04.028

A Highly Mobile Mass in the Anterior Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Immediately Beneath a Heavily Calcified, Stenotic Aortic Valve: Vegetation, Thrombus, or Neoplasm?

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Dec;29(6):1740-2. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.04.028. Epub 2015 May 5.

Authors

Paul S Pagel¹, Derek J De Vry², Balbino E Lopez², Amber K Zdanovec², Brittany N Price³, Carlos O Encarnación³, Minerva P Kryniak⁴, G Hossein Almassi³

Affiliations

¹ Anesthesia,. Electronic address: pspagel@mcw.edu.
² Anesthesia.
³ Cardiothoracic Surgery.
⁴ Pathology Services, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.

PMID: 26277438
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.04.028

No abstract available

Keywords: aortic valve stenosis; cardiac tumor; congestive heart failure; left ventricular myocardium; myxoma; papillary fibroelastoma; transesophageal echocardiography; tricuspid regurgitation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications
Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery
Calcinosis / complications
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
Calcinosis / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Heart Neoplasms / complications
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Neoplasms / surgery
Humans
Male
Thrombosis / complications
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
Thrombosis / surgery
Ultrasonography
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / complications
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / surgery