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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:318-319
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Sparing of the native right ventricle for heart transplantation

Moisés Calderón-Abbo, MDa, César Villaseñor-Colín, MDa, Luis David Sánchez-Velázquez, MD, MSca a Department of Cardiac Surgery and Circulatory Support, La Raza Medical Center, Paseo de la Soledad 69, La Herradura, Estado de Mexico 53920, Mexico

e-mail: moisesc@infosel.net.mx

To the Editor

We read with interest the recent article by Elefteriades and collaborators [1] describing the sparing of the native right ventricle for heart transplant recipients with pulmonary hypertension. Their rationale for this innovative experimental technique was the observed clinical problems related to the presence of an enlarged, hypocontractile heart, arrhythmias, stroke and the potential for systemic emboli, and left lung compression. Regarding heart-lung transplantation, . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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