Open AccessToxicity-induced Cardiomyopathy in a Patient with Femoral Sarcoma: Heart Transplantation After Support with Ventricular Assist Device as Bridge to Transplantability
Author(s) -
Mariano Francisco del Maria Javier,
Eva Maria Javier Delmo,
Roland Hetzer
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
asaio journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.961
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1538-943X
pISSN - 1058-2916
DOI - 10.1097/mat.0000000000001496
Subject(s) - cardiomyopathy , medicine , heart transplantation , bridge to transplantation , sarcoma , bridge (graph theory) , malignancy , anthracycline , cardiology , transplantation , heart failure , surgery , pathology , cancer , breast cancer
This case report exemplifies how a ventricular assist device successfully supported a 15 year old tumor patient with anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy for 419 days until she was confirmed free from tumor recurrence to undergo heart transplantation, presently with an 18 year follow up without any malignancy.