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To introduce and evaluate an alternative surgical technique for experimental heterotopic cardiac transplantation to facilitate allograft rejection studies.

April 1, 1988Cardiovascular Research

A new technique of experimental heterotopic cardiac transplantation

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To introduce and evaluate an alternative surgical technique for experimental heterotopic cardiac transplantation to facilitate allograft rejection studies.
Transplanted donor hearts heterotopically by establishing retroperitoneal anastomoses between the donor ascending aorta and recipient abdominal aorta, and the donor pulmonary artery and recipient inferior vena cava.
Assessed surgical complexity, perioperative mortality, postoperative morbidity, and tissue accessibility for sequential open myocardial sampling.
Achieved successful retroperitoneal grafting with low operative mortality and minimal postoperative morbidity.
Provided direct surgical exposure for serial open myocardial biopsies, resolving the technical constraints of transvenous fluoroscopy-guided biopsy methods.

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Experimental study demonstrates a low-morbidity retroperitoneal cardiac transplantation method in animal models, suggesting improved surgical access for repeated allograft rejection biopsies.

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Dasmahapatra et al. (1988) studied this question.

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Experimental study demonstrates a low-morbidity retroperitoneal cardiac transplantation method in animal models, suggesting improved surgical access for repeated allograft rejection biopsies.

A new technique of experimental heterotopic cardiac transplantation

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