• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Total Artificial Heart Implantation after Excision of Right Ventricular Angiosarcoma
  • Beteiligte: Bruckner, Brian A.; Abu Saleh, Walid K.; Al Jabbari, Odeaa; Copeland, Jack G.; Estep, Jerry D.; Loebe, Matthias; Reardon, Michael J.
  • Erschienen: Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2016
  • Erschienen in: Texas Heart Institute Journal, 43 (2016) 3, Seite 252-254
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.14503/thij-15-5131
  • ISSN: 0730-2347; 1526-6702
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  • Beschreibung: 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.
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