When Heart Team Really Counts: Radical Excision of Intracardiac Leiomyomatosis

Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2023 Aug:53S:S203-S206. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2022.09.007. Epub 2022 Sep 14.

Abstract

Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) are rare and complex tumors, characterized by high rates of recurrences after surgical removal and the capability of multi-organ involvement including pulmonary embolization. Regarding the surgical treatment of Intracardiac Leiomiomatosis (ICL), only few articles have been published and no controlled data are available. A combined approach that involves a Team of Cardiologists, Heart Surgeons, Vascular surgeons and Radiologists seems to be successful in treating ICL.

Keywords: Cardiac leiomioma; Heart team; Intavascular ultrasound; Intravenous leiomyomatosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Heart
  • Heart Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Leiomyomatosis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Leiomyomatosis* / pathology
  • Leiomyomatosis* / surgery