Ex vivo allograft mitral valve leaflet repair prior to orthotopic heart transplantation.
The shortage of donors has limited the number of heart transplantations. We report a successful ex vivo mitral valve repair of the allograft prior to heart transplantation.
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Homare
H
Okamura
Y Joseph
YJ
Woo
D000328:Adult; D064591:Allografts; D001926:Brain Death; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014019:Tissue Donors; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods