Method of single-lung transplantation in the absence of a left atrial cuff.
A method used clinically for anastomosing the pulmonary veins to the left atrium, in the absence of a left atrial cuff, during single-lung transplantation by reconstructing the atrium with pericardium is described. Postoperative ventilation/perfusion scans show normal pulmonary blood flow.
Hammond
G L
GL
Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
Franco
K L
KL
Baldwin
J C
JC
D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014019:Tissue Donors