HEART-TRANSPLANTATION FOR TUMOR

Unresectable cardiac tumors, although unusual, are often rapidly fatal . A 31-year-old woman presented with a large tumor arising from the le ft ventricle and causing symptoms of a constrictive cardiomyopathy. Af ter evaluation with echocardiography, angiography, and computed tomogr aphy, an exploration was carried out to confirm the extent of disease. Orthotopic heart transplantation was subsequently performed when a do nor organ became available. She is now alive and disease-free 12 month s after transplantation.