Management of a Rare Mitral Valve Sarcoma Requiring Valve Replacement and Chemotherapy
A woman with dyspnea is diagnosed with a rare mitral valve primary sarcoma. Patient underwent mechanical mitral valve replacement requiring therapeutic anticoagulation with adjuvant systemic anthracycline-based chemotherapy. The challenges of preventing thromboembolism in a new mechanical prosthesis with risk of bleeding due to cancer and/or its therapies are described.
Authors
- Mohamed Al‐Kazaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9357-0175)
- Farres Obeidin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8461-9238)
- Alexandra Trevino
- Nausheen Akhter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9423-8578)
- Pedro Hermida de Viveriros
- Anjali Rao
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Northwestern University (PH)
- Northwestern Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JACC Case Reports
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102474
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00