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The Duet Played by Two Donor Hearts Beating Simultaneously in a Patient

Author(s) -

ChaoLun Lai,

KuanMing Chiu,

ShuHsun Chu

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.879817

Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , surgery , cardiomyopathy , cardiology , general surgery , heart failure

A man with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy had undergone orthotopic heart transplantation followed by heterotopic heart transplantation at the age of 52 years in 2001.1 After the procedure, he had lived uneventfully with the cooperation of 2 donor hearts working in his body. In 2009, 8 years after transplantation, the patient underwent scheduled cardiac catheterization. Retrograde cannulation of the left ventricular cavities of both hearts was performed by means of 2 pigtail catheters through a femoral …

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