Left atrial fibroelastoma.

Received October 31, 2008; accepted for publication January 18, 2009 Address reprint requests to Hitoshi Hirose, MD, FACS: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1025 Walnut Street Room 605, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA. ©2009 The Editorial Committee of Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. All rights reserved. We describe a 67-year-old man with a history of stroke who was found to have a mass at the left atrial ridge, at the free wall of the left atrium between the left atrial appendage and the pulmonary vein. The mass was removed surgically and pathological analysis showed fibroelastoma. A literature search showed that fibroelastoma in the left atrial ridge frequently causes embolic stroke. (Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009; 15: 412–414)