Bicaval/bipulmonary orthotopic heart transplantation

The author describes a technique of performing bicaval/double-lung heart transplantation including the evaluation, harvesting and conservation of the donated organ. Additionally, the regime of pre-operative immunosuppression, the techniques of myocardial protection, resection of the native heart and implantation of the donated organ are described.

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Main Author: Dinkhuysen,Jarbas J.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2003
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382003000300012
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