title: Long-term survival with heart transplantation for fibrosarcoma of the heart.
abstract: Primary sarcoma of the heart is a rare disease that has an ominous prognosis with either medical or surgical therapy. We report a case of a 25-year-old woman with sarcoma of the heart who received a transplant and is clinically well after 7 years. We believe that transplantation must be considered in this kind of pathology for selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisboa, Portugal. pedropirescoelho@gmail.com
authors.forename: Pedro N M P
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: Nuno G M A
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Banazol
authors.forename: Rui J M
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: José I G
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Fragata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D017741:Survivors; D013997:Time Factors