title: Successful recycling of a previously transplanted heart: another option for limited resources.
abstract: We report a case of successful reuse of a previously transplanted heart. The organ was retransplanted 16 days after the initial transplantation into a 60-year-old man who had previously received a left ventricular assist device.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: jmullen@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Emily J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kuurstra
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Mohamad S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Burhani
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Srujan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ganta
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Lucille
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lalonde
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods*; D014019:Tissue Donors