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1756148

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-6
pubmed:abstractText
The results of heterotopic heart transplantation may be further improved if repairs on native heart abnormalities are performed just before implantation of the allograft. Such procedures increase the potential for the recipient's own heart to recover function and, thus, to maintain circulation if the heterotopic heart malfunctions or fails. The native hearts of two of our patients, both women, showed signs of greater contractility and ejection after repair and were able to provide adequate circulatory support during periods of donor heart failure. The first patient required ventricular aneurysmectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting, and the second, native mitral valve repair. Moreover, when persistent ventricular fibrillation occurred in the donor heart of the first patient, a donor cardiectomy was performed, and the recipient heart functioned well thereafter. As more adjuvant operations are performed and the results evaluated, we may find that heterotopic operations would be suitable in a greater variety of heart transplant candidates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1053-2498
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1023-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Adjuvant native heart surgery during heterotopic heart transplantation: two case reports.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiac Transplantation, Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77225-0345.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports