Benefits of the Modified Bicaval Anastomosis Technique for Orthotopic Heart Transplantation From a Size-Mismatched Marginal Donor.

CONCLUSIONS: The mBCAT prevented caval anastomosis-related complications in size-mismatched HTx and achieved excellent hemodynamics regardless of donor size.
PMID: 31801926 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Circulation Journal - December 4, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kakuta T, Fukushima S, Shimahara Y, Yajima S, Kawamoto N, Tadokoro N, Fukushima N, Kitamura S, Kobayashi J, Fujita T Tags: Circ J Source Type: research