Open AccessCombined mitral valve repair and heart transplantation
Author(s) -
Sprengel Anke,
Skwara Wojtek,
Ziegelhöffer Tibor,
Cetinkaya Ayse,
Schönburg Markus,
Richter Manfred
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1342
Subject(s) - medicine , economic shortage , mitral valve , transplantation , mitral valve repair , cardiology , heart transplantation , surgery , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)
Key Clinical Message In times of donor organ shortage, organs with extended allocation criteria, for example, valve pathologies, have to be taken into consideration for transplantation. The donor pool can be extended to hearts with mitral valve insufficiency. Mitral valve repair can rapidly be performed in the donor heart on the back table with excellent results.