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Orthotopic heart transplantation: the bicaval technique.

Abstract
Heart transplantation still remains the gold standard therapy for end-stage heart failure, although several other approaches have emerged, such as biventricular pacing, left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and total artificial heart. Moreover, the increasing use of LVADs as a bridge to transplant is posing the technical challenge of LVAD removal during the procedure. We in this paper describe the bicaval technique, which currently represents the routine approach for orthotopic heart transplantation.
AuthorsGiuseppe Toscano, Tomaso Bottio, Antonio Gambino, Lorenzo Bagozzi, Alvise Guariento, Giacomo Bortolussi, Michele Gallo, Vincenzo Tarzia, Gino Gerosa
JournalMultimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS (Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg) Vol. 2015 ( 2015) ISSN: 1813-9175 [Electronic] England
PMID26512128 (Publication Type: Evaluation Study, Journal Article, Video-Audio Media)
Copyright© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.
Topics
  • Heart Failure (mortality, surgery)
  • Heart Transplantation (methods, mortality)
  • Humans
  • Tissue and Organ Harvesting (methods)
  • Transplantation, Homologous (methods, mortality)
  • Treatment Outcome

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