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Papillary fibroelastoma entangled with tendinous chords: gap between echocardiographic and operative findings

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This papillary fibroelastoma case showed the imaging gap between echocardiography and operative findings. Use of 4K endoscopy enabled us to visualize the details of the tumor and to excise it safely.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Bay Urayasu-Ichikawa Medical Center, 3-4-32, Todaijima, Urayasu-Shi, 279-0001, Chiba, Japan

    Hiroshi Nakanaga & Minoru Tabata

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Nakanaga, H., Matsumoto, S. & Tabata, M. Papillary fibroelastoma entangled with tendinous chords: gap between echocardiographic and operative findings. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 36, 457–458 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-019-01740-4

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