Surgical management of cardiac liposarcomas

Timothy P Wu; Fang Zhou; Abe DeAnda Jr; Jonathan Melamed; Ruth P Lim; Leora B Balsam

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01417.x

Surgical management of cardiac liposarcomas

J Card Surg. 2012 Mar;27(2):192-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01417.x.

Authors

Timothy P Wu¹, Fang Zhou, Abe DeAnda Jr, Jonathan Melamed, Ruth P Lim, Leora B Balsam

Affiliation

¹ New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.

PMID: 22458274
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01417.x

Abstract

Cardiac liposarcoma is an uncommon tumor with a poor prognosis. The diagnosis and surgical treatment of this malignant tumor are the subject of this review.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Heart Atria
Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Liposarcoma / diagnosis
Liposarcoma / surgery*