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Fibroelastic hamartoma of the aortic valve producing ischemic heart disease

1963; Elsevier BV; Volume: 12; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0002-9149(63)90293-5

1879-1913

George Roña, Neil Feeney, David Kahn,

Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

A 67 year old woman died suddenly following an 18 month history of periodic attacks suggesting cardiac ischemia. Histopathologic examination showed the presence of a pedunculated aortic valvular hamartoma and plexiform vascular structures of the lungs. It is suggested that the former were responsible for the clinical attacks and sudden death by completely obstructing the orifice of the right coronary artery. The pulmonary lesions resulted in some right ventricular hypertrophy and possibly contributed to the unusual clinical features.