Open AccessResection of advanced thoracic malignancies requiring cardiopulmonary bypass
Author(s) -
Ara A. Vaporciyan,
David C. Rice,
Arlene M. Correa,
Garrett L. Walsh,
Joe B. Putnam,
Stephen G. Swisher,
Roy Smythe,
Jack A. Roth
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/s1010-7940(02)00204-x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary bypass , concomitant , surgery , tamponade , pneumonectomy , retrospective cohort study , great vessels , lung cancer
Patients with malignancies involving cardiac structures have limited therapeutic options and significant risk of mortality. The decision to offer radical palliative or curative resection must be made only after consideration of the substantial surgical risks. The purpose of this retrospective study was to determine the feasibility and benefits of resection with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) of metastatic or non-cardiac primary malignancies extending directly into or metastasizing to the heart in select patients. Our results were examined to assess the risks and benefits of such radical therapy.