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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 58, 1505-1509, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Orthotopic heart transplantation with bicaval and pulmonary venous anastomoses

C Blanche, M Valenza, LS Czer, P Barath, D Admon, D Harasty, C Utley, D Freimark, I Aleksic and J Matloff
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048.

We present our experience with an alternative technique for orthotopic heart transplantation. It consists of total excision of the recipient's atria, with the donor's heart implantation performed using bicaval end- to-end anastomoses as well as pulmonary venous anastomoses. Forty consecutive patients receiving transplants in this fashion were compared with 64 patients who underwent orthotopic transplantation with the standard technique. The incidence of postoperative tricuspid regurgitation was reduced in patients receiving transplants with the new surgical approach (p = 0.003). In addition, the need for pacemaker implantation for severe bradyarrhythmia in the early (0 to 6 weeks) posttransplantation period (p = 0.003) was eliminated. Although not statistically significant, there was a trend in the reduction of postoperative mitral regurgitation in patients who received transplants by the modified technique. Based on this experience, we believe this modified technique for orthotopic heart transplantation has an anatomic and physiologic advantage that may improve long-term hemodynamic results.

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