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Surgical resection is the cornerstone of therapy with the need to develop new therapeutic strategies.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Case summary<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We present a case of a young man admitted to the emergency department due to worsening dyspnoea. A left-sided sarcoma was diagnosed and treated with surgery, chemo- and radiation therapy, and subsequently with heart transplant for local recurrence of the disease. Endomyocardial biopsy made during the routine follow-up period was complicated by pericardial tamponade and cardiogenic shock and the patient was managed with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, until recovery of left ventricular function (left ventricular ejection fraction of 55%). After 1 year a kidney transplant was performed. After 42\u2009months from diagnosis, the patient is in good general condition.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Primary cardiac sarcomas are treated with surgery to reach R0 (free resection margins) and with chemo- and radiation therapy with adjuvant purposes. Auto-transplantation is also performed, while conventional heart transplant must be customized on an individual basis, after excluding metastases. A multidisciplinary assessment should be performed and the single patient treated with a personalized approach, in relation to his performance status, location of the mass, and stage of the disease.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ehjcr\/ytaa404","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,9]],"date-time":"2020-12-09T09:37:23Z","timestamp":1607506643000},"page":"1-6","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Primary cardiac sarcoma: a case report of a therapeutic challenge"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"4","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0291-6728","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Valentina","family":"Andrei","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of General Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Italy"},{"name":"Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, 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