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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:2014-2016
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: General Thoracic

Surgical Experience for the Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma

Ayako Maruo, MDa,*, Yutaka Okita, MDa, Kenji Okada, MDa, Teruo Yamashita, MDa, Satoshi Tobe, MDb, Nobuhiro Tanimura, MDc

a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo
b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Akashi Medical Center, Akashi, Hyogo
c Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Takatsuki General Hospital, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

Accepted for publication July 12, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Maruo, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, 520 Saisho Ko, Himeji, 670-0981, Japan (Email: ayakom{at}hbhc.jp).

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary sarcoma arising from the pulmonary artery is a rare disease and its prognosis is disastrous.

METHODS: Five patients who underwent surgery for pulmonary artery sarcoma were reviewed.

RESULTS: All patients except one were initially diagnosed with pulmonary embolism. One patient with preoperative profound shock could not wean from cardiopulmonary bypass. Two patients are still surviving for 36 and 30 months, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: Early diagnosis and complete surgical resection is perhaps the best way to improve patients with pulmonary artery sarcoma.




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