1. Heart Transplantation in a Patient Without a Heart: A Case Report.
- Author
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Hii IH, Chi NH, Chen YS, Tsao CI, Cheng BC, and Wang SS
- Subjects
- Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Endocarditis, Bacterial drug therapy, Endocarditis, Bacterial surgery, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation methods, Heart Transplantation methods
- Abstract
We report a heart transplantation in a patient with no heart. A 60-year-old man suffered from severe infective endocarditis, and due to extensive involvement of the myocardium, only minimal myocardium was left after debridement of the necrotic myocardium and aortic annulus. We finally excised the entire heart to eradicate the infection source and employed 2 extracorporeal membrane oxygenations for full life support. The infection was controlled with strong antibiotics. The patient underwent successful heart transplantation 16 days following the excision and the patient fully recovered without any complications., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2018
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