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Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:420-421
© 1987 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
From the Department of Transplantation, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX
Accepted for publication January 20, 1987.
* Address reprint requests to Dr. Duncan, Texas Heart Institute, P.O. Box 20345, Houston, TX 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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