title: Atrial flap anastomosis: an alternative technique for orthotopic heart transplantation.
abstract: To combine the advantages of the standard technique and the bicaval technique of orthotopic heart transplantation, we use a muscular flap of recipient heart right atrium for connecting the superior vena cava with the donor heart right atrium. The results in respect to the maintenance of atrioventricular valve competence as well as atrial conduction are promising.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Döring
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marcsek
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery