Cardiac transplantation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: a modified technique [see comment]

Ann Thorac Surg. 1990 Dec;50(6):894-8. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(90)91115-r.

Abstract

A modified technique of infant orthotopic cardiac transplantation with arch reconstruction using bicaval cannulation is described, and the results in 4 infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome are presented. This technique minimizes donor myocardial ischemic time and recipient circulatory arrest time.

MeSH terms

  • Anastomosis, Surgical
  • Aorta
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Extracorporeal Circulation
  • Heart Arrest, Induced
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / classification
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Heart Transplantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pulmonary Artery
  • Time Factors
  • Venae Cavae