title: Left internal mammary artery graft retransplantation from the recipient to the donor heart: a case report.
abstract: A case of heart transplantation with concomitant coronary artery bypass graft is reported. The patient was an alternate transplant list candidate with a history of bilateral below-knee amputation and 2 previous myocardial revascularization procedures. The previously used and patent left internal mammary artery graft was successfully removed and retransplanted from the recipient to the donor heart.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart Transplant Program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn., USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kollar
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Donaldson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Greer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Howser
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Drinkwater
mesh_terms: D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency