Wagner S, Hutchisson B, Baird M G
Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA.
AORN J. 1999 Jul;70(1):99-100, 102, 104-7; quiz 108-12. doi: 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61861-9.
Cardiac explantation and autotransplantation is a procedure by which the heart is removed from the chest and replaced. Explantation of the heart for tumor removal has been documented six times in the literature; however, with this aggressive approach, the median patient survival rate is only eight months. This article presents a case study in which this procedure was used to treat a patient with malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
