Heart transplantation using a donor with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection and atrial septal defect.

Abstract

Over the last decade, the shortage of donors has led to increased waiting time prior to transplantation and its related mortality. Therefore, extended criteria for donor hearts have been proposed. In this report, we describe a successful transplantation despite a diagnosis of partial abnormal pulmonary venous return associated with an atrial septal defect sinus venosus and persisting left-sided superior vena cava. Knowledge in congenital cardiac disease can broaden the definition of 'marginal' donor hearts and allow their use without increasing the risk of transplantation.

• Authors: Geoffroy de Beco, Jérôme Duisit, Alain Jean Poncelet
• Journal: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg) Vol. 24 Issue 6 Pg. 978-979 (06 01 2017) ISSN: 1569-9285 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 28379508 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Adolescent
• Heart Defects, Congenital (diagnosis, surgery)
• Heart Septal Defects, Atrial (diagnosis)
• Heart Transplantation (methods)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Pulmonary Veins (abnormalities)
• Tissue Donors
• Vena Cava, Superior (abnormalities)