title: Surgical treatment of systemic embolization by cardiac metastasis of lung cancer.
abstract: Pulmonary vein infiltration from a malignant lung neoplasm is a serious condition that may result in a constant source of systemic emboli. Although surgery is often indicated to prevent recurrent embolism, aggressive approaches have shown a high rate of perioperative morbidity. We herein report the case of a patient diagnosed with lung cancer infiltrating the cardiac chambers through the left superior pulmonary vein, who was treated by left pulmonary vein patch closure as a preventive and less invasive measure to reduce the thromboembolic risk.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Santise
authors.affiliation: Unit of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Palermo, Italy giuseppe.raffa78@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Giuseppe Maria
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Raffa
authors.affiliation: Unit of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pilato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Heart Atria; Lung Neoplasms; Neoplasm Metastasis; Pulmonary Veins; Thromboembolism