Cardiac transplantation in a patient with a single ventricle and transposition of the great vessels.
The technical details of orthotopic cardiac transplantation in a 17-year-old man with a single ventricle and transposition of the great vessels are described. Special considerations in the evaluation and management of patients with complex congenital heart disease who are to undergo cardiac transplantation are delineated.
Richenbacher
W E
WE
Department of Surgery, Utah Cardiac Transplant Program, Salt Lake City.
Karwande
S V
SV
Shaddy
R E
RE
Renlund
D G
DG
Bristow
M R
MR
O'Connell
J B
JB
Gay
W A
WA
D000293:Adolescent; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery*