Autotransplantation for the Resection of Complex Left Heart Tumors Basel Ramlawi, MD, Odeaa Al-jabbari, MD, Lance N. Blau, MD, Mark G. Davies, MD, PhD, Brian A. Bruckner, MD, Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, Vinod Ravi, MD, Robert Benjamin, MD, Limael Rodriguez, MD, Oz M. Shapira, MD, Michael J. Reardon, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 98, Issue 3, Pages 863-868 (September 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.125 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Magnetic resonance imaging of large paraganglioma. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 863-868DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.125) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Operative picture of a left atrial primary sarcoma originating from the anterior left atrial wall and mitral valve. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 863-868DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.125) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Diagnostic algorithm for left heart tumors. (Cath = catheterization; CT = computed tomography; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; PET = positron emission tomography; TTE = transthoracic echocardiogram.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 863-868DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.125) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Overall survival curves (in days) for sarcoma cardiac autotransplants performed with pneumonectomy (green line) and without pneumonectomy (blue line). (Cum = cumulative.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 863-868DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.125) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions