title: Orthotopic heart transplantation with preservation of the left heart.
abstract: In December 1992, cardiac transplantation (for right heart failure with partially occluded pulmonary arteries but with a normal left ventricle) was accomplished with partial resection of right atrium and ventricle but with preservation of the left heart, obtaining a three-ventricle heart. The short-term result (27 months) is good, with normal native and grafted heart rhythms and functions, allowing us to conceive of the possible application of this procedure in some other selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital La Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kreitmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Riberi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Attali
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeranska
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Silicani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Metras
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009926:Organ Preservation; D018579:Patient Selection; D016896:Treatment Outcome