title: Ex vivo cryoablation of Wolff-Parkinson-white in a donor heart prior to pediatric heart transplantation.
abstract: This report describes the use of a donor heart with ventricular pre-excitation for pediatric orthotopic heart transplantation and the successful surgical cryoablation of the donor heart prior to transplantation. The issues related to the preoperative evaluation and surgical management of the donor heart with Wolff-Parkinson White syndrome are discussed.
authors.affiliation: The Children's Hospital at Montefiore - Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Bronx, NY, USA. ceresnak@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ceresnak
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lamour
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Pass
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003452:Cryosurgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*