Use of a donor heart that had undergone previous cardiac surgery for ASD closure

Loebe, Matthias; Koerner, Michael M.; Zener, Janine; Lafuente, Javier A.; Torre-Amione, Guillermo; Noon, George P.

« PreviousThe Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 294-295, February 2002

Use of a donor heart that had undergone previous cardiac surgery for ASD closure

Matthias Loebe, MD, PhD
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation and Assist Devices, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- Reprint requests: Matthias Loebe, MD, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation and Assist Devices, Baylor College of Medicine, 6550 Fannin #1641, Houston, TX 77030 USA
Michael M. Koerner, MD, PhD
- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Janine Zener, RN
- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Javier A. Lafuente, MD
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation and Assist Devices, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Guillermo Torre-Amione, MD, PhD
- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
George P. Noon, MD
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation and Assist Devices, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

Received 19 February 2001; accepted 31 May 2001.

Abstract

We report the use of a heart from a 19-year-old female donor who had undergone open heart surgery for closure of an atrial septal defect at the age of 12. The explantation procedure was modified to prevent hemodynamic instability. The recipient, a 59-year-old male with increased pulmonary vascular resistance had an uneventful recovery after transplantation.