Donor/recipient aorta size mismatch in heart transplantation: a technical alternative.
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.
Deleuze
P H
PH
Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Henri Mondor Hospital, Creteil, France.
Mazzucotelli
J P
JP
Benvenuti
C
C
Aptecar
E
E
Mourtada
A
A
Benhaiem-Sigaux
N
N
Habach
B
B
Loisance
D Y
DY
Cachera
J P
JP
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