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An Immunological Model for Heterotopic Heart and Cardiac Muscle Cell Transplantation in Rats
Published on: May 8, 2020
Myxoma of donor origin in a transplanted heart
Blanka Dufková1, Ivan Málek, Yevheniya Vymetalová
1Department of Cardiology and Cardiosurgery, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic. blanicka.d@seznam.cz <blanicka.d@seznam.cz>
Abstract:
Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors but their presence in the transplanted heart is extremely rare. We report a case of left atrial myxoma in a patient after heart transplantation. DNA analysis confirmed a donor origin. To our knowledge, this is the first report of myxoma of donor origin in a transplanted heart.
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