Corresponding Author:
Randy M. Stevens, MD, FACS
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Drexel University College of Medicine
Rstev2@gmail.com
Keywords: Primary cardiac angiosarcoma, pregnancy, right atrial tumor, fetal survival
Data Availability Statement: N/A
Funding: None
Conflict of Interest: None
IRB approval: N/A
Wang et al. present a case report of 37 year old female who is both 35 weeks pregnant and has a primary cardiac tumor. It is unusual to provide a commentary of a case report. However, The Journal of Cardiac Surgery continues to experience a surge in case submissions and case complexity as represented by this case report. The authors note that it is challenging to “cure the mother or keep the baby during surgery.”(1). This report underscores the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to complex cases, in particular in the case of a patient presenting with a cardiac tumor, especially a potentially malignant one. The authors are to be congratulated with successfully integrating multiple specialties, allowing survival of both the patient and off-spring. The framework of multidisciplinary patient care is summarized below: