title: Heart transplantation for tumor.
abstract: Unresectable cardiac tumors, although unusual, are often rapidly fatal. A 31-year-old woman presented with a large tumor arising from the left ventricle and causing symptoms of a constrictive cardiomyopathy. After evaluation with echocardiography, angiography, and computed tomography, an exploration was carried out to confirm the extent of disease. Orthotopic heart transplantation was subsequently performed when a donor organ became available. She is now alive and disease-free 12 months after transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey 17033.
authors.forename: T X
authors.initials: TX
authors.lastname: Aufiero
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Pae
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Clemson
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Pawlush
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*