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Technological Advances in Heart and Lung Transplantation: Concomitant Cardiac Valve Surgery

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This chapter covers unique features of cardiac valve surgery related to heart and lung transplantation, including pathophysiology and significance of valve disease in heart and lung transplantation, and presents a practical surgical strategy for each unique problem. We have developed a novel, simple surgical technique to prevent right ventricular failure after heart transplantation. This “commissuro-annuloplasty” procedure effectively reduces the tricuspid annular size by 2–4 cm, preventing annular dilatation and improving coaptation of the leaflets, which prevent significant tricuspid regurgitation.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Yoshiya Toyoda M.D., Ph.D.

  2. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Yasuhiro Toyoda

  3. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

    Masako Toyoda

  4. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

    Yoshiko Toyoda B.A.

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Toyoda, Y., Toyoda, Y., Toyoda, M., Toyoda, Y. (2015). Technological Advances in Heart and Lung Transplantation: Concomitant Cardiac Valve Surgery. In: Latifi, R., Rhee, P., Gruessner, R. (eds) Technological Advances in Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2671-8_39

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