ORTHOTOPIC HEART-TRANSPLANTATION IN SITUS-INVERSUS

Authors
RUBAY JE DUDEKEM Y SLUYSMANS T PONLOT R JACQUET L DELEVAL MR
Citation
Je. Rubay et al., ORTHOTOPIC HEART-TRANSPLANTATION IN SITUS-INVERSUS, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 60(2), 1995, pp. 460-462
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
60
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
460 - 462
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1995)60:2<460:OHIS>2.0.ZU;2-Y
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 w ere used to connect, respectively, the left superior vena cava and the hepatic veins to the right-sided atrium of the donor heart.