Large Cardiac Tumor Managed With Resection and Two Ventricular Assist Devices Brian A. Bruckner, MD, Limael E. Rodriguez, MD, Raquel Bunge, RN, Tadashi Motomura, MD, PhD, Jerry D. Estep, MD, Matthias Loebe, MD, PhD, Michael J. Reardon, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 97, Issue 1, Pages 321-324 (January 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.136 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. (A) Long axis view. (B) Axial view. Note the large right ventricle tumor and right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 321-324DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.136) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Gross examination of resected heart. (A) Right ventricle tumor. (B) Right ventricle cross section. (C) Successive cross sections demonstrating near obliteration of right ventricular chamber. (MV = mitral valve; RV = right ventricle.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 321-324DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.136) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Cardiac replacement with reconstruction. (A) Atrial reconstruction with Hemashield grafts. (B) Extracorporeal ventricular assist devices. (C) Schematic drawing of reconstruction. (Ao = aorta; LA, = left atrium; PA = pulmonary artery; RA = right atrium.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 321-324DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.136) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions