Cardiac autotransplantation and ex vivo surgical repair of giant left atrium: a case presentation.
Rodney A RosaliaMilka KlinchevaTanja AngusevaIgor ZdravkovskiRodney Alexander RosaliaPublished in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2018)
Cardiac autotransplantation is an elegant surgical procedure that facilitates the surgical remodelling of Giant Left Atrium. Surgical repair on the ex vivo beating heart, under continuous warm blood perfusion, is a safe procedure applicable also to high-risk patients.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- left ventricular
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- inferior vena cava
- minimally invasive
- pulmonary artery
- vena cava
- atrial fibrillation
- magnetic resonance
- prognostic factors
- magnetic resonance imaging
- peritoneal dialysis
- computed tomography
- coronary artery
- patient reported outcomes
- case report
- contrast enhanced
- pulmonary hypertension