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19020240

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
OBJECTIVE: Because of the improvements in cardiac transplantation technology, pharmacology, and diagnostic imaging, the survival rate of patients who have undergone heterotopic heart transplantation has significantly increased, which makes postoperative evaluation of these patients increasingly important. Monitoring patients who have undergone heterotopic heart transplantation is technically more demanding than those who have undergone orthotopic heart transplantation because it is more difficult to monitor two hearts beating in one chest. In this article, we describe and evaluate cardiac and vascular anatomy and the status of the lungs in patients who have undergone heterotopic heart transplantation. CONCLUSION: ECG-gated cardiac CT has proven to be particularly important in evaluating the complex anatomy and anastomoses of the donor and recipient hearts as well as the postoperative follow-up status of the two hearts, the cardiac arteries and great vessels, and the lungs, ultimately contributing to the prolonged survival of heterotopic heart transplantation patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1546-3141
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
191
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1711-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
CT of two hearts beating in one chest.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Imaging, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports