Key result
Heart transplantation was performed as a treatment option for a patient with primary cardiac sarcoma, representing the first such experience in the Russian Federation.
Why the study?
When radical surgical removal of primary cardiac sarcoma cannot be performed, heart transplantation becomes the only treatment option, but such operations are globally rare.
Design
Case report
Authors
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Supports considering transplantation for select unresectable primary cardiac sarcomas; leaves open need for larger series on outcomes and selection.
Case Report (n=1)
Heart transplantation can be performed as a treatment option for primary cardiac sarcoma when radical surgical removal is not possible.
Goncharova et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Primary cardiac sarcoma (n=1). Heart transplantation was evaluated. Heart transplantation was performed as a treatment option for a patient with primary cardiac sarcoma, representing the first such experience in the Russian Federation.
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