title: Donor/recipient aorta size mismatch in heart transplantation: a technical alternative.
abstract: A technical alternative is proposed to enable transplantation in cases of considerable size mismatch between donor and recipient aorta: interposition of a Dacron graft of intermediate diameter. This procedure was performed in a 56-year-old patient weighing 75 kg in whom a heart from a 40-kg donor was implanted.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Henri Mondor Hospital, Creteil, France.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Deleuze
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mazzucotelli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benvenuti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aptecar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mourtada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Benhaiem-Sigaux
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Habach
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Loisance
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cachera
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001011:Aorta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014019:Tissue Donors