PMID: 15227396Jan 1, 1990Paper

Cardiac transplantation in a neonate with endocardial fibroelastosis

Texas Heart Institute Journal
H NetzH E Becker

Abstract

An investigational orthotopic cardiac transplantation was performed to manage subendocardial fibroelastosis in a neonate. No unmanageable technical complications arose from the transplantation. Postoperative observation showed the infant developed normally except for moderate cerebral palsy.

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