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

Alexander ChernyavskiySergey AlsovKseniya GuliaevaIvan Porshennikov
Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)
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.
Keyphrases
  • vena cava
  • inferior vena cava
  • rare case
  • pulmonary embolism
  • atrial fibrillation
  • heart failure
  • case report
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • catheter ablation