Bench replacement of donor aortic valve before orthotopic heart transplantation.
Organic valve disease has been considered an absolute contraindication for acceptance as a donor heart. However, the severe shortage of donor hearts has prompted the use of marginally acceptable hearts to maximize the use of donor hearts. This report concerns a patient with repeated left ventricular assist system complications who underwent successful heart transplantation with a marginal donor heart requiring concomitant aortic valve replacement for mild aortic stenosis due to a calcified congenitally bicuspid valve.
Saito
Shunsuke
S
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Matsumiya
Goro
G
Ueno
Takayoshi
T
Sakaguchi
Taichi
T
Kuratani
Toru
T
Ichikawa
Hajime
H
Sawa
Yoshiki
Y
D000328:Adult; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D014019:Tissue Donors; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult