title: Pulmonary Valve Intimal Sarcoma.
abstract: Malignant cardiac tumors are very rare. They carry a high risk of morbidity and death. We present a case of malignant intimal sarcoma that originated from the pulmonary valve leaflet in a 72-year-old woman. The clinical presentation was gradual onset of shortness of breath and fatigue.We successfully removed the tumor, with pulmonary valve preservation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Fuad M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Al-Azzam
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: said.sameh@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Sameh M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Said
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Hartzell V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Schaff
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005221:Fatigue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D035583:Rare Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome