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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Total Artificial Heart Implantation after Excision of Right Ventricular Angiosarcoma
Contributor:
Bruckner, Brian A.;
Abu Saleh, Walid K.;
Al Jabbari, Odeaa;
Copeland, Jack G.;
Estep, Jerry D.;
Loebe, Matthias;
Reardon, Michael J.
Published:
Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2016
Published in:
Texas Heart Institute Journal, 43 (2016) 3, Seite 252-254
Language:
English
DOI:
10.14503/thij-15-5131
ISSN:
1526-6702;
0730-2347
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p>Primary cardiac sarcomas, although rare, are aggressive and lethal, requiring thorough surgical resection and adjuvant chemotherapy for the best possible outcome. We report the case of a 32-year-old woman who underwent total artificial heart implantation for right-sided heart failure caused by right ventricular angiosarcoma. For the first several weeks in intensive care, the patient recovered uneventfully. However, a postoperative liver biopsy indicated hepatocellular injury consistent with preoperative chemotherapy. She developed continuing liver failure, from which she died despite good cardiac function.</jats:p>