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Ex Vivo Cryoablation of Wolff‐Parkinson‐White in a Donor Heart Prior to Pediatric Heart Transplantation
Author(s) -
Ceresnak S. R.,
Hsu D. T.,
Lamour J. M.,
Weinstein S.,
Pass R. H.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03657.x
Subject(s) - medicine , heart transplantation , cryoablation , ex vivo , transplantation , cardiology , in vivo , ablation , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
This report describes the use of a donor heart with ventricular pre‐excitation for pediatric orthotopic heart transplantation and the successful surgical cryoablation of the donor heart prior to transplantation. The issues related to the preoperative evaluation and surgical management of the donor heart with Wolff‐Parkinson White syndrome are discussed.