Ex vivo cryoablation of Wolff-Parkinson-white in a donor heart prior to pediatric heart transplantation.

Authors :: Ceresnak SR
Hsu DT
Lamour JM
Weinstein S
Pass RH
Source :: American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons [Am J Transplant] 2011 Sep; Vol. 11 (9), pp. 1986-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Jul 27.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: This report describes the use of a donor heart with ventricular pre-excitation for pediatric orthotopic heart transplantation and the successful surgical cryoablation of the donor heart prior to transplantation. The issues related to the preoperative evaluation and surgical management of the donor heart with Wolff-Parkinson White syndrome are discussed.<br /> (© 2011 The Authors Journal compilation © 2011 The American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.)

Subjects :: Adolescent
Humans
Cryosurgery
Heart Transplantation
Tissue Donors
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome surgery

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1600-6143
Volume :: 11
Issue :: 9
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 21794085
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03657.x

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