Successful orthotopic heart transplant in an infant with an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the left ventricle.
A female infant was diagnosed with an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor involving the left ventricle, which compromised cardiac function. The tumor was endocardial in location and resection was not possible. In this study we report the first successful cardiac transplant and long-term follow-up for this indication.
Di Maria
Michael V
MV
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, The Children's Hospital, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.
Campbell
David N
DN
Mitchell
Maxwell B
MB
Lovell
Mark A
MA
Pietra
Biagio A
BA
Miyamoto
Shelley D
SD
D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant