Method of heart transplantation for treatment of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Technical details of investigational orthotopic cardiac transplantation for management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome in a neonate are presented. Extracorporeal perfusion technique and need for extensive aortic arch reconstruction are emphasized. Although this experience was with a subhuman primate (baboon) donor, source of donor graft makes little difference with regards to the unique technical aspects of cardiac transplantation in a ductus-dependent newborn infant with a diminutive aortic arch.
D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D010215:Papio; D011292:Premedication; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000379:methods*