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Background
Emergency surgery for acute type A aortic dissection (AAAD) was usually avoided or denied in octogenarians because of high surgical mortality. Refined surgical techniques and improved postoperative care have led to an improved in‐hospital outcome. However, a significant number of operative survivors suffered from postoperative complications and had compromised quality of life. We sought...
Intimal sarcomas simultaneously involving the right atrium and the inferior vena cava (IVC) are rare. We report an advanced cardiac intimal sarcoma in the right atrium of a 19‐year‐old man that was complicated by tumor‐related IVC thrombosis. We initially performed partial tumor resection and vena cava thrombectomy to resolve the circulatory obstruction, because complete resection was difficult due...