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Combined procedure of heart transplantation and ascending aorta replacement
João Gonçalves de Castro1, Rafael Hernández Estefanía1, Cristian Delgado1
1Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Spain.
Abstract:
Concomitant heart transplantation and ascending aorta replacement is infrequent. In the few cases where this simultaneous procedure was performed, most patients were diagnosed with Marfan syndrome. We report the combined procedure of heart transplantation and ascending aorta replacement using the donor's ascending aorta, in a 70-year-old man who was not diagnosed with Marfan syndrome. This combined procedure can be performed successfully, providing a potentially life-saving heart transplant for patients with aortic disease of different etiologies.
