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Orthotopic heart transplantation in situs inversus
J E Rubay1, Y d'Udekem, T Sluysmans
1Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|August 1, 1995
Abstract:
The case of a successful orthotopic heart transplantation for complete situs inversus with double-inlet left ventricle and anomalies of the systemic venous return is reported. A piece of aortic homograft and a composite conduit made of the recipient right atrium and pericardium were used to connect, respectively, the left superior vena cava and the hepatic veins to the right-sided atrium of the donor heart.