Abstract
A 54-year-old man was referred for cardiac evaluation before renal transplantation because of chronic renal failure. His medical history was remarkable for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and 3 episodes of transient ischemic attack (the most recent was 3 years earlier). A transthoracic echocardiogram showed a large, mobile mass on the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve, with trivial mitral regurgitation (Figure 1; Movie I in the online-only Data Supplement). The mass was originally believed to be a fibroelastoma; endocarditis was not considered initially because of the absence of systemic symptoms. Transesophageal echocardiography showed a 1×2-cm mobile, echodense region on the A2 segment of the mitral valve leaflet (Figure 2 and Movie II in the online-only Data Supplement are 2-dimensional images; Figure 3 and …
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