Simple technique to preserve the LSVC during reoperative orthotopic heart transplant

J Card Surg. 2012 Nov;27(6):767-8. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12019. Epub 2012 Oct 15.

Abstract

Increasingly, patients undergo heart transplant after previous heart surgery. In patients with a persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC), the preferred technique, preservation of drainage via the native coronary sinus, can be difficult in reoperative cases due to adhesions. We report a technique simplifying this operation in such a patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Sinus
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Reoperation
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Vena Cava, Superior / surgery*