[Heart angiosarcoma and heart transplantation. Report of a case].
We present the case of a 29-year-old women with a cardiac primary angiosarcoma diagnosis. The initial symptom was a cardiac tamponade. The tests for screening metastasis proved negative. She was preoperatively treated with chemotherapy, followed by a heart transplant. There were no incidents related to surgery nor to the transplant except for a rejection in the second week biopsy. Four weeks after the transplant, the patient had a sudden dyspnea, the radiological tests confirmed the existence of a massive pleural overflow and lung and pleural metastasis. All types of therapeutical approaches were rejected except for pleurodesis. The patient died 60 days after the heart transplant.
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Servicios de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia.
Martí
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S
Navarro
M
M
Roldán
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I
Chirivella
M
M
Sánchez
E
E
Torregrosa
S
S
Palencia
M
M
Caffarena
J M
JM
Algarra
F
F
D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans
Angiosarcoma cardíaco y trasplante cardíaco. A propósito de un caso.