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Atrial flap anastomosis: an alternative technique for orthotopic heart transplantation
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg, Germany.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 16, 1998
Abstract:
To combine the advantages of the standard technique and the bicaval technique of orthotopic heart transplantation, we use a muscular flap of recipient heart right atrium for connecting the superior vena cava with the donor heart right atrium. The results in respect to the maintenance of atrioventricular valve competence as well as atrial conduction are promising.