Atrial myxoma

Cardiac autotransplantation

Cardiac autotransplantation may be considered for complex cases and those carried out in specialised centres.[15]Reardon MJ, Malaisrie SC, Walkes JC, et al. Cardiac autotransplantation for primary cardiac tumors. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Aug;82(2):645-50. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16863779?tool=bestpractice.com Cardiac autotransplantation is a technique mainly involved for resection of complex cardiac tumours. The technique of autotransplantation involves cardiac explantation, ex vivo tumour resection with cardiac reconstruction, and cardiac re-implantation.