In vivo mitral valve repair for the transplanted donor heart in orthotopic heart transplantation
Abstract A 53-year-old woman with the dilated phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy underwent orthotopic heart transplantation. The donor heart was evaluated as normal preoperatively without mitral regurgitation or the left atrium dilation, transplanted using the modified bicaval technique. Although...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-024-02788-7 |