Reconstruction of the right atrium with pulmonary artery homograft after resection of right atrial lipomatosis

• Published in: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery 2007-12, Vol.6 (6), p.826-827
• Main Authors: Rubino, Maurizio, Hamad, Abdel-Mohsen, Rea, Federico, Gerosa, Gino
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - complications; Adenocarcinoma - diagnostic imaging; Adenocarcinoma - surgery; Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Heart Atria - surgery; Heart Neoplasms - complications; Heart Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Heart Neoplasms - surgery; Humans; Lipoma - complications; Lipoma - diagnostic imaging; Lipoma - surgery; Lung Neoplasms - complications; Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Pneumonectomy; Pulmonary Artery - transplantation; Sternum - surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Transplantation, Homologous; Treatment Outcome
• ISSN: 1569-9293; 1569-9285
• DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.157669

a Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Padua, Padova, Italy b Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35128, Padova, Italy *Corresponding author. Tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]. E-mail address : federico.rea{at}unipd.it (F. Rea). We present a case of large right atrial mass due to lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum and left lower lobe adenocarcinoma. Combined resections of the right atrial mass with reconstruction of the superior atriocaval junction and right atrial free wall defects with pulmonary artery homograft and wedge excision of the lung tumor were performed through median sternotomy. Key Words: Atrial lipomatosis; Pulmonary homograft; Combined surgery