Total artificial heart implantation after right ventricular intimal spindle cell sarcoma

Hassiba Smail; Maria Monteagudo-Vela; Ulrich Stock; Andre Simon

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezz117

Total artificial heart implantation after right ventricular intimal spindle cell sarcoma

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Nov 1;56(5):1014-1015. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz117.

Authors

Hassiba Smail¹, Maria Monteagudo-Vela¹, Ulrich Stock¹, Andre Simon¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 31005997
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz117

Abstract

This paper describes the case of a patient with a high-grade spindle sarcoma in the right ventricle. The patient underwent total cardiectomy followed by the implantation of a total artificial heart. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course and remained tumour-free for 12 months; after that time period she underwent a heart transplant.

Keywords: Sarcoma; Total artificial heart; Transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Echocardiography
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
Heart Transplantation*
Heart, Artificial*
Humans
Sarcoma / surgery*
Young Adult