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Orthotopic Aortic Transplantation: A Rat Model to Study the Development of Chronic Vasculopathy
Published on: December 4, 2010
Left ventricular assist device implant and subsequent orthotopic heart transplant after chronic type B aortic
Hiroshi Kagawa1, Ravi Ramani2, Mary Keebler2
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Abstract:
The criteria for being placed on the list of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation for an orthotopic heart transplant mention nothing about patients with aortic dissection. Nor are there any guidelines pertaining to the patient with type B aortic dissection. Herein, we report the case of a patient with chronic type B aortic dissection for whom we successfully performed a left ventricular assist device implant followed by an orthotopic heart transplant.
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