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Operative Techniques and Early Postoperative Care in Cardiac Transplantation

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Cardiac Transplantation

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Although heart transplantation has become a popular therapeutic modality in only the last decade, the technical groundwork started in the early 1900s and spanned more than 60 years (see Chapter 1), ultimately leading to the first successful clinical orthotopic allograft heart transplantation in 1967.1–7 In addition to decades of work refining the operative technique, particularly over the last two decades, significant improvements in cardiac anesthesia and conduct of extracorporeal circulation, and better myocardial preservation techniques have all contributed to excellent operative outcome in heart transplantation. Today it is not unrealistic to expect a surgical mortality of well below 10%.

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  1. Adnan Cobanoglu
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  1. Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, 97201, USA

    Jeffrey D. Hosenpud M.D. (Associate Professor of Medicine/Cardiology, Head, Cardiac Transplant Medicine), Adnan Cobanoglu M.D. (Professor of Surgery and Chief, Cardiopulmonary Surgery, Director, Heart Transolantation Program), Douglas J. Norman M.D. (Professor of Medical, Director, Transplantation and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Director, Medical Transplantation Program) & Albert Starr M.D. (Professor of Surgery) (Associate Professor of Medicine/Cardiology, Head, Cardiac Transplant Medicine),  (Professor of Surgery and Chief, Cardiopulmonary Surgery, Director, Heart Transolantation Program),  (Professor of Medical, Director, Transplantation and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Director, Medical Transplantation Program) &  (Professor of Surgery)

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Cobanoglu, A. (1991). Operative Techniques and Early Postoperative Care in Cardiac Transplantation. In: Hosenpud, J.D., Cobanoglu, A., Norman, D.J., Starr, A. (eds) Cardiac Transplantation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3008-3_7

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