Aortic mismatch in heart transplantation: readaptation.
Great vessel mismatch between donor and recipient is very usual in heart transplantation. Different procedures have been used to manage this situation. A tailoring aortoplasty is described, as a technical alternative, in cases of considerable size incongruence between donor and recipient aortic diameters.
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D001011:Aorta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014019:Tissue Donors