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The first case of combined heart‐liver transplantation in a patient with alveolar echinococcosis
Author(s) -
Chernyavskiy Alexander,
Alsov Sergey,
Guliaeva Kseniya,
Porshennikov Ivan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.14932
Subject(s) - medicine , pericardium , inferior vena cava , right atrium , liver transplantation , alveolar echinococcosis , vena cava , left atrium , transplantation , cardiology , echinococcosis , radiology , surgery , atrial fibrillation
We report a rare case of liver alveolar echinococcosis with an invasion of the hepaticocaval confluence, inferior vena cava, pericardium, right atrium, atrial septum, and superior vena cava, and its successful treatment by combined heart‐liver transplantation.