title: Cardiac explantation and autotransplantation.
abstract: Cardiac explantation and autotransplantation is a procedure by which the heart is removed from the chest and replaced. Explantation of the heart for tumor removal has been documented six times in the literature; however, with this aggressive approach, the median patient survival rate is only eight months. This article presents a case study in which this procedure was used to treat a patient with malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
authors.affiliation: Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hutchisson
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Baird
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery*; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*