title: Primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma: seven-year survival with combined surgical and adjuvant therapy.
abstract: Primary cardiac sarcomas constitute a rare entity that have been uniformly associated with poor long-term survival. A case of left atrial leiomyosarcoma involving the interatrial septum and the right atrial free wall and presenting with syncope and atrial fibrillation, is described. Two extensive surgical excisions followed by adjuvant radiation and chemotherapy improved survival with a good quality of life. This approach of combined surgical, medical and radiation therapy may offer better longterm outcome, since our patient is the longest survivor thus far reported.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, OCM B.go Trento, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pessotto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Silvestre
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Luciani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anselmi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pasini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzucco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant