Cardiac tumors invading the right ventricle; Aggressive Surgical Management with backup mechanical circulatory support if necessary

<p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>Primary cardiac tumors are exceedingly rare. Amongst the malignant types, sarcomas are the most frequently encountered. Treatment includes attempted aggressive surgical resection as the only curative option. We report our experience...

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Main Authors: Monteagudo-Vela, M, Riesgo-Gil, F, Smail, H, García-Saez, D, Hassan, B, Simon, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020
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author Monteagudo-Vela, M
Riesgo-Gil, F
Smail, H
García-Saez, D
Hassan, B
Simon, A
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Riesgo-Gil, F
Smail, H
García-Saez, D
Hassan, B
Simon, A
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description <p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>Primary cardiac tumors are exceedingly rare. Amongst the malignant types, sarcomas are the most frequently encountered. Treatment includes attempted aggressive surgical resection as the only curative option. We report our experience.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong></p> <p>During the last five years, six patients presented at our institution with complex cardiac tumors with different underlying diagnoses and were at different stages of their disease.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong></p> <p>6 patients with median age of 30-years-old underwent surgery in our centre.</p> <p>3 patients had undergone debulking prior to surgery at our institution. In all patients, the tumor involved the right ventricle.</p> <p>One patient had biventricular involvement, the septum was involved in 4 patients, 2 patients had extracardiac growth, one invading both great vessels, one involving the pericardium and the hilar structures on the right side.</p> <p>Complete resection was achieved in 4 cases, 3 with successful resection-reconstruction, one with cardiectomy and implantation of a total artificial heart. 5 patients are currently alive, 4 free of recurrence.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p> <p>Complete radical surgery is the only curative treatment for patients suffering from cardiac tumors. The availability of mechanical circulatory support allows for a more radical surgical approach even including total cardiectomy, possibly resulting in a significant increase in R0 resections.</p>
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spelling oxford-uuid:1f5bb023-00a8-41b2-bb72-5acacbaef4da2022-03-26T11:21:24ZCardiac tumors invading the right ventricle; Aggressive Surgical Management with backup mechanical circulatory support if necessaryJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:1f5bb023-00a8-41b2-bb72-5acacbaef4daEnglishSymplectic ElementsElsevier2020Monteagudo-Vela, MRiesgo-Gil, FSmail, HGarcía-Saez, DHassan, BSimon, A<p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>Primary cardiac tumors are exceedingly rare. Amongst the malignant types, sarcomas are the most frequently encountered. Treatment includes attempted aggressive surgical resection as the only curative option. We report our experience.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong></p> <p>During the last five years, six patients presented at our institution with complex cardiac tumors with different underlying diagnoses and were at different stages of their disease.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong></p> <p>6 patients with median age of 30-years-old underwent surgery in our centre.</p> <p>3 patients had undergone debulking prior to surgery at our institution. In all patients, the tumor involved the right ventricle.</p> <p>One patient had biventricular involvement, the septum was involved in 4 patients, 2 patients had extracardiac growth, one invading both great vessels, one involving the pericardium and the hilar structures on the right side.</p> <p>Complete resection was achieved in 4 cases, 3 with successful resection-reconstruction, one with cardiectomy and implantation of a total artificial heart. 5 patients are currently alive, 4 free of recurrence.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p> <p>Complete radical surgery is the only curative treatment for patients suffering from cardiac tumors. The availability of mechanical circulatory support allows for a more radical surgical approach even including total cardiectomy, possibly resulting in a significant increase in R0 resections.</p>
spellingShingle Monteagudo-Vela, M
Riesgo-Gil, F
Smail, H
García-Saez, D
Hassan, B
Simon, A
Cardiac tumors invading the right ventricle; Aggressive Surgical Management with backup mechanical circulatory support if necessary
title Cardiac tumors invading the right ventricle; Aggressive Surgical Management with backup mechanical circulatory support if necessary
title_full Cardiac tumors invading the right ventricle; Aggressive Surgical Management with backup mechanical circulatory support if necessary
title_fullStr Cardiac tumors invading the right ventricle; Aggressive Surgical Management with backup mechanical circulatory support if necessary
title_full_unstemmed Cardiac tumors invading the right ventricle; Aggressive Surgical Management with backup mechanical circulatory support if necessary
title_short Cardiac tumors invading the right ventricle; Aggressive Surgical Management with backup mechanical circulatory support if necessary
title_sort cardiac tumors invading the right ventricle aggressive surgical management with backup mechanical circulatory support if necessary
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