Transplante cardíaco em paciente com agenesia completa de pericárdio / Heart transplant in a patient with complete absence of the pericardium
Arq. bras. cardiol
; 75(3): 249-52, set. 2000.
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in Portuguese, English
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ABSTRACT
We report the case of a heart transplant in which the recipient patient had a total congenital absence of the pericardium. Associated with this, we found a major disproportion between the size of the recipient's mediastinal cavity and the size of the donor's heart. To prevent twisting of the great arteries, we placed the graft on the left diaphragm muscle and beneath the left lung, which resulted in an uneventful early and late postoperative course.
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Main subject:
Pericardium
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Heart Transplantation
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Estadual de Londrina/BR