From baby to man with a piggyback heart: long-term success of heterotopic heart transplantation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Sebastian HolinskiWolfgang Konertz

Abstract

We present a case of a young man, who underwent heterotopic heart transplantation 20 years ago, when he was 6 months old. The baby suffered from severe intractable cardiomyopathy. In this desperate situation only a miniature, compromised donor heart became available. Today, the young man is fully active under minimal immunosuppression. His surgical course is reviewed and described.

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May 28, 2020·Frontiers in Physiology·Laura KummerJan Larmann
Nov 12, 2019·Texas Heart Institute Journal·Elizabeth L GodfreyO H Frazier

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