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Tsukube T, Ataka K, Taniguchi T, Yokoyama M, Hanioka K. Papillary fibroelastoma of the left atrial appendage: echocardiographic findings. Ann Thorac Surg 2000; 70:1416-7. [PMID: 11081918 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)01686-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Papillary fibroelastoma is a small and rare benign intracardiac tumor that most frequently arises from the valvular endocardium. We report a patient with acute myocardial infarction in whom a papillary fibroelastoma in the left atrial appendage was detected by a transesophageal echocardiography during evaluation of the myocardial infarction. The roles of transesophageal echocardiography and surgical intervention are discussed.
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- T Tsukube
- Department of Surgery, Kobe University, School of Medicine, Japan.
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Grebenc ML, Rosado de Christenson ML, Burke AP, Green CE, Galvin JR. Primary cardiac and pericardial neoplasms: radiologic-pathologic correlation. Radiographics 2000; 20:1073-103; quiz 1110-1, 1112. [PMID: 10903697 DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.20.4.g00jl081073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 331] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Primary cardiac and pericardial neoplasms are rare lesions and include both benign and malignant histologic types. Myxoma is the most frequent primary cardiac neoplasm, but other benign tumors include papillary fibroelastoma, rhabdomyoma, fibroma, hemangioma, lipoma, and paraganglioma. Cardiac sarcoma represents the second most common primary cardiac neoplasm. Lymphoma can also affect the heart primarily. Pericardial tumors that affect the heart include benign teratomas and malignant mesotheliomas. Patients affected with cardiac or pericardial neoplasms often present with cardiovascular compromise or embolic phenomena and exhibit cardiomegaly at chest radiography. Benign cardiac tumors typically manifest as intracavitary, mural, or epicardial focal masses, whereas malignant tumors demonstrate invasive features and may involve the heart diffusely. Benign lesions can usually be successfully excised, but patients with malignant lesions have an extremely poor prognosis.
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- M L Grebenc
- Department of Radiology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Papillary fibroelastomas are rare benign neoplasms, predominantly involving cardiac valves, that have been discovered with increasing frequency through the use of echocardiography. Most are papillary lesions, less than 1 cm in size, connected to the valve or mural endocardium by a small stalk. Although often asymptomatic, embolization from the lesion or attached thrombus may cause serious neurological or cardiac events. All symptomatic papillary fibroelastomas should be removed unless there are compelling contraindications, in which case anticoagulation is an acceptable but unreliable alternative. Surgical removal is safe, simple, effective, and permanent. Asymptomatic lesions of the left side of the heart should be removed because of their potentially serious or fatal consequences, whereas those arising from the right side of the heart may be observed.
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- D M Shahian
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA 01805, USA
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Primary tumors of the heart, with the exception of atrial myxomas, occur rarely; tumors metastatic to or directly invasive of the heart are far more common. About 75% of primary tumors are benign, and 75% of these are atrial myxomas. The benign tumors include rhabdomyomas, fibromas, papillary fibroelastomas, hemangiomas, pericardial cysts, lipomas, hamartomas, teratomas, mesotheliomas, and paragangliomas or pheochromocytomas. The last 3 may also be malignant. The malignant tumors consist of various sarcomas: myxosarcoma, liposarcoma, angiosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, osteosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, undifferentiated sarcoma, reticulum cell sarcoma, neurofibrosarcoma, and malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Cardiac tumors produce a large variety of symptoms through any of 4 mechanisms. Their mass can obstruct intracardiac blood flow or interfere with valve function. Local invasion can lead to arrhythmias or pericardial effusions with tamponade. Bits of tumor can embolize, causing systemic deficits when the tumors are on the left side of the heart. Finally, the tumors may cause systemic or constitutional symptoms. Some tumors, of course, produce no symptoms and become evident as incidental findings. The most useful diagnostic tool is the echocardiogram, which in almost all cases precisely locates the tumor and defines its extent. The echocardiographic appearance may also allow quite accurate prediction of the tumor type and whether it is malignant or benign. Magnetic resonance imaging serves as the next most important test where the density of T1 and T2 images may allow tumor cell type identification. With few exceptions, these tumors require operative excision. Most benign tumors can be resected completely; a few, because of their large size, cannot be, and only tumor debulking may be possible. Heart transplantation should be considered for these patients. Many of the malignant tumors cannot be resected completely, either because of the extent of local spread and invasion or because of the frequent distant metastases. Transplantation may also be an option for those with extensive local disease. The long-term results for resected benign tumors are excellent; the long-term results for sarcomas are very poor, and there are few survivors. For patients with unresectable sarcomas, radiation and chemotherapy may be used, but without great expectation of successful results.
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- T J Vander Salm
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655-0304, USA
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Karaeren H, Ilgenli TF, Celik T, Deveci S, Kuralay E, Barçin C, Uzun M, Genç C, Demirtas E. Papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral valve with systemic embolization. Echocardiography 2000; 17:165-7. [PMID: 10978975 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01118.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Primary tumors of the heart are rare disorders. In autopsy studies, their incidence was reported to be 0.01-0.5%. We present the case of a papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral valve with systemic embolization in a young man.
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- H Karaeren
- Department of Cardiology, GATA Etlik, Ankara, Turkey
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Küçükoğlu S, Arat A, Mutlu H, Okçün B, Bakay C, Oz B, Uner S. A cardiac papillary fibroelastoma with chordal location. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1999; 12:1001-4. [PMID: 10552364 DOI: 10.1016/s0894-7317(99)70156-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Papillary fibroelastomas, which were initially incidental findings at autopsy and surgery, are now being recognized with increasing frequency with the widespread use of echocardiography. Because of their embolic potential, an aggressive treatment approach is generally accepted. We report a papillary fibroelastoma located at the chorda of the anterior mitral leaflet that underwent conservative follow-up for 8 years without any complications. Because most of the cardiac papillary fibroelastoma cases reported are incidental findings, the question of whether symptomless fibroelastomas must be removed or other factors contribute to the embolic nature of the selected cases remains a challenge for the future.
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- S Küçükoğlu
- Istanbul University, Institute of Cardiology, Turkey
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Howard RA, Aldea GS, Shapira OM, Kasznica JM, Davidoff R. Papillary fibroelastoma: increasing recognition of a surgical disease. Ann Thorac Surg 1999; 68:1881-5. [PMID: 10585089 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00860-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Papillary fibroelastomas are uncommon benign tumors usually involving the heart valves, which historically have been diagnosed at autopsy. With the advent of echocardiography, however, the number of patients diagnosed in life has increased. Papillary fibroelastomas represent a surgically treatable cause of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular ischemia and infarction making their identification clinically important. We report three unusual cases of papillary fibroelastoma; two patients presenting with symptoms of cerebrovascular ischemia and one presenting with myocardial infarction. We also present a comprehensive review of the literature and provide a compilation of all case reports to date.
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- R A Howard
- Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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Grinda JM, Couetil JP, Chauvaud S, D'Attellis N, Berrebi A, Fabiani JN, Deloche A, Carpentier A. Cardiac valve papillary fibroelastoma: surgical excision for revealed or potential embolization. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999; 117:106-10. [PMID: 9869763 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(99)70474-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We have reviewed the case histories of 4 patients who underwent operations between September 1994 and November 1997 at Broussais Hospital for cardiac valvular papillary fibroelastoma. METHODS Diagnosis was strongly suggested by echocardiography. Tumor locations were mitral (1), tricuspid (1), and aortic (2). Indications for operation were previous stroke for the mitral tumor, prophylaxis for the tricuspid tumor, syncopal episodes for the first aortic tumor, and transient ischemic attack and mesenteric ischemia for the second aortic tumor. RESULTS Surgical excision with a conservative, valve-sparing approach was performed in all cases. For the first aortic tumor, aortic valve reconstruction was achieved with part of a cryopreserved aortic homograft cusp. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography showed no evidence of valvular regurgitation after excision in all cases. All patients had uneventful postoperative recoveries. No evidence of regurgitation or recurrence was seen on echocardiography at follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Despite their histologically benign aspect, cardiac papillary fibroelastomas should be excised because of potential embolic complications. A conservative, valve-sparing approach is recommended, however, because of the absence of recurrence after total excision.
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- J M Grinda
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of Broussais Hospital [1], Paris, France
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Nishimura Y, Naito Y, Fujiwara K, Komai H, Noguchi Y. Surgical treatment of a cardiac papillary fibroelastoma developing from the chordae of the tricuspid valve: report of a case. Surg Today 1998; 28:420-2. [PMID: 9590710 DOI: 10.1007/s005950050154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Papillary fibroelastoma is a rare, benign cardiac tumor that can cause multiple emboli. We report herein a case of papillary fibroelastoma developing from the chordae of the tricuspid valve which was detected by echocardiography and confirmed by surgical resection. To our knowledge, this is only the fifth documented case of a tricuspid valve papillary fibroelastoma detected by echocardiography in a living patient.
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- Y Nishimura
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Wakayama Medical College, Japan
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Papillary fibroelastomas are rare, benign, primary cardiac tumors, usually single and small. The neoplasm consists of a leafy, soft excrescence typically located on the cardiac valves. Although papillary fibroelastomas are usually an asymptomatic incidental finding at autopsy, or during cardiac operation, they are occasionally associated with embolic coronary or cerebral symptoms. A case of a patient is reported with papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral valve chordae, who presented several transitory ischemic attacks characterized by loss of conscience, visual bilateral deficit and right emiparesis. Because of their potential systemic embolization, we believe that these lesions should be always excised.
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- D Pacini
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bologna, Italy.
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Papillary fibroelastoma is a rare primary tumor of the heart usually found incidentally at autopsy. Little is known about the natural history of this tumor, but an aggressive surgical approach is recommended because of the high incidence of embolization. We describe a patient whose tumor was found during transthoracic echocardiography and who had had a normal echo 10 years previously. This finding suggests that papillary fibroelastoma may be an acquired rather than a congenital lesion.
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- M F Malik
- Zablocki Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Yee HC, Nwosu JE, Lii AD, Velasco M, Millman A. Echocardographic features of papillary fibroelastoma and their consequences and management. Am J Cardiol 1997; 80:811-4. [PMID: 9315601 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00527-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Thirty-five percent of patients (5 of 15) were diagnosed with ischemic stroke from left-sided papillary fibroelastomas by diagnosis of exclusion, whereas 40% of patients (6 of 15) did not have ischemic stroke.
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- H C Yee
- Department of Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Seton Hall University Graduate School of Medical Education, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07207, USA
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Lazar JM, Smith RH, Scott WC. Detection of an abnormal aortic valve by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 1997; 11:673-4. [PMID: 9263106 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-0770(97)90025-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- J M Lazar
- Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501, USA
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Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 16-1997. A 42-year-old woman with a pulmonic-valve mass. N Engl J Med 1997; 336:1512-6. [PMID: 9154772 DOI: 10.1056/nejm199705223362108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Joffe II, Jacobs LE, Owen AN, Ioli A, Kotler MN. Rapid Development of a Papillary Fibroelastoma with Associated Thrombus: The Role of Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography. Echocardiography 1997; 14:287-292. [PMID: 11174957 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1997.tb00724.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) are frequently utilized in patient's with suspected cerebral vascular ischemia. We describe a patient with suspected cerebral vascular ischemic event whom was found to have a mobile valvular mass by TTE and TEE. The lesion was unusual due to its rapid development over a period 6 months, which was documented on serial echocardiography. The mass was excised surgically and pathology showed a papillary fibroelastoma with extensive thrombus. The differential diagnosis of a cardiac valvular mass and the treatment of cardiac fibroelastomas are reviewed. In this case, both TTE and TEE were valuable in diagnosis and facilitating surgical management of a cardiac fibroelastoma.
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- Ian I. Joffe
- Albert Einstein Medical Center, Suite 363, Klein Building, 5401 Old York Road, Philadelphia, PA 19141
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- J M Lazar
- Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501, USA
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Watanabe T, Hosoda Y, Kikuchi N, Kawai S. Papillary fibroelastoma of the tricuspid valve in association with an atrial septal defect: report of a case. Surg Today 1996; 26:831-3. [PMID: 8897687 DOI: 10.1007/bf00311648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Although papillary fibroelastoma is rare, it is the most common primary tumor of the heart valves. We describe herein the case of a 64-year-old woman scheduled to undergo atrial septal defect (ASD) repair, in whom a papillary fibroelastoma of the tricuspid valve was diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). Surgical resection of the papillary fibroelastoma at the time of ASD repair prevented the fatal embolization sometimes associated with this lesion. Thus, intraoperative TEE played an important role in identifying the location of the tumor and its anatomic attachment, and in assessing the adequacy of surgical treatment.
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- T Watanabe
- Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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Ganjoo AK, Johnson WD, Gordon RT, Jain DP, Lang GE, Shankar VS. Tricuspid papillary fibroelastoma causing syncopal episodes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996; 112:551-3. [PMID: 8751532 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(96)70291-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- A K Ganjoo
- St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, Wis, USA
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Joffe II, Jacobs LE, Owen AN, Ioli A, Kotler MN. Noninfective valvular masses: review of the literature with emphasis on imaging techniques and management. Am Heart J 1996; 131:1175-83. [PMID: 8644598 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(96)90094-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- I I Joffe
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19141, USA
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Pezzella AT. Primary cardiac valve tumors. Ann Thorac Surg 1996; 61:1041-2. [PMID: 8619687 DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)82979-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Lee CC, Celik C, Lajos TZ. Excision of papillary fibroelastoma arising from the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve. J Card Surg 1995; 10:589-91. [PMID: 7488785 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1995.tb00639.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A case of a papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) arising from the tricuspid valve was reported. It was incidentally detected by two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. Prior to 1977, these tumors were exclusively found at postmortem examination. This is only the fourth reported case of a tricuspid valve PFE found by echocardiography, treated by excision, and with tricuspid valvuloplasty preserving the native valve.
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- C C Lee
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Buffalo General Hospital, New York, USA
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