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Shumway and Lower introduced orthotopic heart transplant in 1960, and the technique they described has had few changes since its inception (1). This chapter reviews the surgical techniques and their modifications and also reviews our approach to the transplant recipient at surgery time. It is worth noting that the majority of our transplant recipients have had previous cardiac surgical procedures; therefore, heart transplantation is as much about the techniques of reoperations as it is about the techniques of transplantation itself. Despite this added layer of complexity, 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-yr survivals of 84, 79, 72, and 53%, respectively, are attainable (2).
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Morgan, J.A., Edwards, N.M. (2004). Techniques of Cardiac Transplantation in Adults. In: Edwards, N.M., Chen, J.M., Mazzeo, P.A. (eds) Cardiac Transplantation. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-758-1_4
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