title: Method of single-lung transplantation in the absence of a left atrial cuff.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Baldwin
mesh_terms: D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014019:Tissue Donors