[The heart transplant in congenital cardiopathies. The surgical considerations]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 1995:48 Suppl 7:33-6.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Structural congenital heart disease accounts for a small number of patients who undergo heart transplantation. Orthotopic heart transplantation in this group of patients necessitates special operative modifications and may be technically challenging. However, offer an effective therapeutic alternative for persons with end-stage myocardial failure in conjunction with congenital heart disease.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Heart Transplantation / methods*
  • Humans