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Case Reports
. 2020 Nov;35(11):3199-3201.
doi: 10.1111/jocs.14932. Epub 2020 Aug 13.

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

Alexander Chernyavskiy, Sergey Alsov  1 , Kseniya Guliaeva  1 , Ivan Porshennikov  2
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The first case of combined heart-liver transplantation in a patient with alveolar echinococcosis

Alexander Chernyavskiy et al. J Card Surg. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: alveolar echinococcosis; combined heart-liver transplantation; vascular invasion.

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