Abstract
A 54-year-old diabetic woman with severe cardiomyopathy was placed on our heart transplant candidate list. The patient's condition rapidly worsened and a potential donor—a 45-year-old man whose blood was compatible with that of our patient—was located. Because of the donor's age, coronary arteriography was done, and stenosis in the midleft anterior descending coronary artery was identified. Since the patient's status was critical, the donor heart was accepted despite the presence of stenosis. We used the recipient's internal mammary artery to bypass the stenosis in the left anterior descending artery of the donor heart after performing a standard orthotopic heart transplant. The patient's postoperative course has been relatively free of complications, and the cardiac allograft has functioned well. The early results in this patient are comparable to those of our historical transplant control group. We suggest that the impact of donor organ shortages may be lessened by use of innovative procedures and extended donor selection criteria. (Texas Heart Institute Journal 1990;17:126-8)
Keywords: Heart transplant, human
Keywords: left internal mammary artery bypass
Keywords: extended organ donor criteria
Keywords: tissue donors
Keywords: coronary artery bypass grafting
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