The first case of combined heart‐liver transplantation in a patient with alveolar echinococcosis

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.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of cardiac surgery 2020-11, Vol.35 (11), p.3199-3201
Hauptverfasser:	Chernyavskiy, Alexander, Alsov, Sergey, Guliaeva, Kseniya, Porshennikov, Ivan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult alveolar echinococcosis combined heart‐liver transplantation Echinococcosis - surgery Echinococcosis, Hepatic - surgery Female Heart Atria Heart Septum Heart Transplantation - methods Humans Liver Transplantation - methods Myocarditis - parasitology Myocarditis - surgery Pericardium Treatment Outcome vascular invasion Vena Cava, Inferior Vena Cava, Superior
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0886-0440 1540-8191
DOI:	10.1111/jocs.14932