Cardiac transplantation after donor mitral valve commissurotomy.
Cardiac transplantation has become a relatively common procedure, with its limiting factor being the lack of donor hearts. The donor pool can potentially be increased by reevaluating donor criteria and performing innovative procedures on the donor heart, such as coronary bypass and valve repair. We present a recent case of donor heart mitral valve commissurotomy with successful transplantation.
Risher
W H
WH
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana 70121.
Ochsner
J L
JL
Van Meter
C
C
D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D014019:Tissue Donors