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Non-suture teflon cuff cervical heart transplantation triggers carotid thrombosis in up to ~30% of recipients.
A surgical method for accessory cervical heart transplantation in rabbits and rats has been developed and the procedure is described in detail. For blood vessel anastomosis the method employs an extra‐luminal teflon prosthesis. This non suture technique is found to be easy, quick and reliable in the hands of an operator without experience in microsurgery. The most frequent postoperative complication is thrombosis of the carotid artery occuring in 30 per cent of the rabbit recipients and 10–15 per cent of the rats. The superficial cervical localization of the transplant is found to be advantageous for control with function of the heart, and for exact determination of endpoint of the rejection process.
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Iver Heron (1971) studied Accessory cervical heart transplantation. Accessory cervical heart transplantation using an extra-luminal teflon prosthesis was evaluated on Thrombosis of the carotid artery. An accessory cervical heart transplantation technique using a non-suture extra-luminal teflon prosthesis resulted in carotid artery thrombosis in 30% of rabbits and 10-15% of rats.
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