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Heterotopic heart transplantation through a right thoracotomy
A Khaghani1, R Casula, N E Khan
1Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Trust, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|January 5, 2000
Abstract:
Heterotopic heart transplantation was performed via a right thoracotomy in a patient with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance and previous coronary artery bypass grafting using both internal mammary arteries. The right thoracotomy approach is the safest way to approach the native heart while preserving the patent grafts.