Simple technique to preserve the LSVC during reoperative orthotopic heart transplant.
Increasingly, patients undergo heart transplant after previous heart surgery. In patients with a persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC), the preferred technique, preservation of drainage via the native coronary sinus, can be difficult in reoperative cases due to adhesions. We report a technique simplifying this operation in such a patient.
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0528, USA. slick@utmb.edu
Scott D
SD
Lick
Daniel L
DL
Beckles
Vincent R
VR
Conti
D054326:Coronary Sinus; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery*