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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr 27:2020.
doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2020.013.

Heart procurement in a multi-organ donor

Raymond Pfister  1 , Patrick Myers, Lars Niclauss  2 , Piergiorgio Tozzi, René Prêtre  3 , Matthias Kirsch
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Case Reports

Heart procurement in a multi-organ donor

Raymond Pfister et al. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. .
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Abstract

The first orthotopic heart transplant was performed in 1967. Following on from this achievement, the first major evolution in heart transplantation was the transition from biatrial anastomosis to separate caval anastomoses, in 1991. Various strategies for myocardial protection have been used for this. This video tutorial describes heart procurement for a bicaval anastomosis technique in a case of multi-organ procurement.

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