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Case Reports
. 2014 Nov;30(11):1460.e1-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.07.003. Epub 2014 Jul 8.

Successful recycling of a previously transplanted heart: another option for limited resources

John C Mullen  1 , Emily J Kuurstra  2 , Mohamad S Burhani  2 , Srujan Ganta  2 , Lucille Lalonde  3
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Successful recycling of a previously transplanted heart: another option for limited resources

John C Mullen et al. Can J Cardiol. 2014 Nov.

Abstract

We report a case of successful reuse of a previously transplanted heart. The organ was retransplanted 16 days after the initial transplantation into a 60-year-old man who had previously received a left ventricular assist device.

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