Cardiothoracic Ratio and Delayed Sternal Closure after Heart Transplantation.
Amrita SukhavasiDanial AhmadMelissa AustinJ Eduardo RameJohn W EntwistleHoward T MasseyVakhtang Tchantchaleishvili
Published in: The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (2023)
CTR could be helpful in guiding the recipient-specific extent of oversizing donor hearts. Maintaining the ratio of PCMR to CTR below 1.7 could avoid excessive oversizing of the donor heart.