Closure of ventricular septal defects in the donor heart before transplantation: toward expanded acceptance criteria.
Maltais
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Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street East, Montreal, Quebec H1T 1C8, Canada.
Carrier
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Pellerin
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Perrault
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D000328:Adult; D001926:Brain Death; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000601:surgery; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018579:Patient Selection; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right