A Case Series of Minimally Invasive Robotic-Assisted Resection of Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma: The Mayo Clinic Experience.

ABSTRACT: Papillary fibroelastomas (PFEs) are small, slowly growing benign cardiac tumors with clinically significant risk of embolization. Surgical excision is the definitive treatment of symptomatic PFE and is conventionally performed through a median sternotomy. In this study, we report a series of 12 patients, who underwent robotic-assisted PFE removal at the Mayo Clinic. PFE involved the mitral valve, left atrium, and tricuspid valve. No major complications occurred after the procedure, and most patients were discharged 4 days after the surgery. On follow-up, 1 patient demonstrated pericarditis.

SUBMITTER: Ahmad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10905955 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature