title: Normalization of native heart function years after heterotopic transplantation.
abstract: We describe a patient whose native heart function has normalized several years after heterotopic heart transplantation. The native heart sustained the patient's circulation at a time when the donor heart was temporarily dysfunctional. Native heart improvement, let alone normalization, is considered rare after heterotopic transplantation but has been noted with increased frequency after long-term unloading with left ventricular assistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Texas Heart Institute at St Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston 77225-0345, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Beyer
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: McMullan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gregoric
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Radovancevic
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Frazier
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic