Heterotopic Heart Transplantation: Current Indications for the Procedure, with Results in 10 Patients
AUTOR(ES)
Konertz, W.
RESUMO
From January 1986 to September 1987, we performed 27 orthotopic and 10 heterotopic cardiac transplantations at our institution. Of the 10 heterotopic transplantation recipients, 9 were men; ages ranged from 36 to 65 years; and indications for transplantation were ischemic cardiomyopathy in 8 patients and dilatative cardiomyopathy in 2 patients. Five of the 10 heterotopic transplantation recipients received donor hearts under emergency conditions, when no hearts of suitable size for orthotopic transplantation were available. In 3 of the 10 heterotopic procedures, we performed pure left ventricular (rather than biventricular) bypass in patients with chronic conditions requiring only aneurysmectomy, or aneurysmectomy in combination with an aortocoronary graft.
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