Prognostic and Bioepidemiologic Implications of Papillary Fibroelastomas

Papillary fibroelastomas (PFE) are benign neoplasms with little available outcome data.This study sought to describe the frequency and clinical course of patients with surgically removed PFE and echocardiographically suspected, but unoperated, PFE.Mayo Clinic pathology and echocardiography databases (January 1, 1995, to December 31, 2010) were queried, resulting in 511 patients: group 1 (n = 185), including patients with surgically removed,...