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Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:379-380
© 1992 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Method of single-lung transplantation in the absence of a left atrial cuff

Graeme L. Hammond, MD*, Kenneth L. Franco, MD, John C. Baldwin, MD

Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut USA

Accepted for publication March 31, 1992.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Hammond, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, 121 FMB, New Haven, CT 06510.

A method used clinically for anastomosing the pulmonary veins to the left atrium, in the absence of a left atrial cuff, during single-lung transplantation by reconstructing the atrium with pericardium is described. Postoperative ventilation/perfusion scans show normal pulmonary blood flow.




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