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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 44, 420-421, Copyright © 1987 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Orthotopic cardiac transplantation in patients with large donor/recipient atrial size mismatch: surgical technique

JM Duncan, M Peric and OH Frazier
Department of Transplantation, Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77225.

A successful surgical technique is described that overcomes the problem of severe size mismatch between the recipient's atrial remnants and the donor heart atria in patients undergoing orthotopic cardiac transplantation. The circumferences of the atria are reduced by plicating the atrial remnants until the appropriate sizes are obtained.

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