Partial versus Complete Sternotomy for Aortic Valve Replacement-Multicenter Study.

Background:  The benefits of minimally invasive techniques in cardiac surgery remain poorly defined. We evaluated the short- and mid-term outcomes after surgical aortic valve replacement through partial upper versus complete median sternotomy (MS) in a large, German multicenter cohort.

Methods:  A total of 2,929 patients underwent isolated surgical aortic valve replacement via partial upper sternotomy (PUS,  = 1,764) or MS ( = 1,165) at nine participating heart centers between 2016 and 2020.

Left ventricular hemangioma.

Cardiac hemangiomas are quite rare benign tumors of vascular origin often detected incidentally during routine examinations. Here we present the diagnostic evaluation and excisional biopsy of such a cardiac tumor in a 20-year-old man.

Giant metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma in the left ventricle: appearance in echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and histopathology.

Alveolar soft part sarcoma is a rare soft-tissue neoplasm that accounts for <1% of all soft-tissue sarcomas. Most cases arise in the extremities and head and neck region of young adults. The common sites of metastasis are lung, brain, and bone.