title: Complete resection of cardiac leiomyosarcoma extending into the pulmonary trunk and right pulmonary artery.
abstract: A cardiac leimyosarcoma is an extremely rare tumor. We report a case of complete resection of a cardiac leiomyosarcoma extending into the pulmonary trunk and the right pulmonary artery using the Freestyle bioprosthesis (Medtronic, Inc, Minneapolis, MN) and Xenomedica graft (Baxter Healthcare Corp, Horw, Switzerland). Extensive resection and reconstructive surgery with the addition of radiotherapy prolonged the patient's life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Nagano Hospital, Ueda, Japan. tetsuya@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kono
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hagino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matsumura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery