title: Surgical treatment for transvenous tumor extension into the heart: four cases.
abstract: From 1984 to 1996, four patients with transvenous intracardiac tumor extension underwent operations in the Kobe University Hospital. The primary tumors of two were intravenous leiomyomatoses originating from the uterus; a third patient had invasive thymoma, and the fourth patient had clear cell sarcoma of the kidney. In 1985, one patient had a curative, staged resection. One-stage operations were carried out in three patients, and all intracardiac tumors were successfully resected en bloc with the primary tumors under conditions of electrical ventricular fibrillation and mild hypothermia. Combined venous reconstructions were necessary for en bloc resection in three cases. Two patients with malignancy received postoperative chemoradiotherapy, and all four patients were discharged uneventfully from our hospital. We consider radical resection with curative intent only for patients with tumors extending into the heart. In these cases, a one-stage operation is preferable, and electrical ventricular fibrillation with mild hypothermia is a recommended method of circulatory assist because of its simplicity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wakiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toyoda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ataka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D005260:Female; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013945:Thymoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*