title: Orthotopic cardiac transplantation in patients with large donor/recipient atrial size mismatch: surgical technique.
abstract: A successful surgical technique is described that overcomes the problem of severe size mismatch between the recipient's atrial remnants and the donor heart atria in patients undergoing orthotopic cardiac transplantation. The circumferences of the atria are reduced by plicating the atrial remnants until the appropriate sizes are obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplantation, Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77225.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peric
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Frazier
mesh_terms: D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods