Left internal mammary artery graft retransplantation from the recipient to the donor heart: a case report.
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.
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Division of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart Transplant Program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn., USA.
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Greer
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Howser
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Davis
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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