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Ann Thorac Surg 1980;29:483-488
© 1980 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Auxiliary Heart Transplantation

Fernando M. Jara, M.D.*, Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra, M.D., Joseph W. Lewis, Jr., M.D., Donald J. Magilligan, Jr., M.D.

Department of Surgery, Divison of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Jara, Division of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202

At the present time, the major obstacles in the successful clinical application of heart transplantation are the immunological attack on the allograft, the treatment of complications resulting from immunosuppression, and the supply of transplantable hearts. Recently, auxiliary heart transplantation has been proved to be a successful technique for treatment of end-stage myocardial failure in humans. Here we review the experimental work in auxiliary heart transplantation leading to the preent technique used in humans.






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