Bioprosthetic pulmonary valve dysfunction in a primary cardiac sarcoma survivor: Clinical considerations and treatment options

Davide Maione; Antonio De Luca; Andrea Pezzato; Giancarlo Vitrella; Andrea Perkan; Elisabetta Rauber; Gianfranco Butera; Gianfranco Sinagra

doi:10.1002/ccr3.8401

Bioprosthetic pulmonary valve dysfunction in a primary cardiac sarcoma survivor: Clinical considerations and treatment options

Clin Case Rep. 2024 Feb 14;12(2):e8401. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.8401. eCollection 2024 Feb.

Authors

Davide Maione^{1

2}, Antonio De Luca¹, Andrea Pezzato^{1

2}, Giancarlo Vitrella¹, Andrea Perkan¹, Elisabetta Rauber³, Gianfranco Butera⁴, Gianfranco Sinagra¹

Affiliations

¹ Cardiothoracovascular Department, Division of Cardiology Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina and University of Trieste Trieste Italy.
² Postgraduate School of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Trieste Trieste Italy.
³ Cardiothoracovascular Department, Division of Cardiac Surgery Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina Trieste Italy.
⁴ Division of Interventional Cardiology Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù Rome Italy.

Abstract

The case highlights the good survival after radical surgery and chemotherapy of a cardiac sarcoma, and the need for close follow-up due to possible early postsurgical complications.

Keywords: cardiac sarcoma; prosthetic valve dysfunction; valve‐in‐valve.

Publication types

Case Reports