Donor/recipient aorta size mismatch in heart transplantation: a technical alternative.

Deleuze, Philippe H.; Mazzucotelli, Jean-Philippe; Benvenuti, Christophe; Aptecar, Eduardo; Mourtada, Ali; Benhaiem-Sigaux, Nicole; Habach, Bassam; Loisance, Daniel Y.; Cachera, Jean Paul; Deleuze, P H; Mazzucotelli, J P; Benvenuti, C; Aptecar, E; Mourtada, A; Benhaiem-Sigaux, N; Habach, B; Loisance, D Y; Cachera, J P

A technical alternative is proposed to enable transplantation in cases of considerable size mismatch between donor and recipient aorta: interposition of a Dacron graft of intermediate diameter. This procedure was performed in a 56-year-old patient weighing 75 kg in whom a heart from a 40-kg donor was implanted.

Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 1994, Vol 9, Issue 1, p70

0886-0440

Academic Journal

10.1111/j.1540-8191.1994.tb00827.x