@article{ACS16440,
author = {Jérôme G. M. Jungschleger and Sergey Yu Boldyrev and Vasily I. Kaleda and John H. Dark},
title = {Standard orthotopic heart transplantation},
journal = {Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery},
volume = {7},
number = {1},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {The very first clinical transplants used a technique, with anastomoses of atrium to atrium, which had been developed to allow successful canine experiments (1). A small modification by Barnard led the suture line away from the sino-atrial node. Many years later Sievers (2) described the intact right atrium, with separate caval anastomoses, now the standard procedure, with a proven decrease in need for permanent pacemakers. A further refinement, with intact left atrium and separate pulmonary venous cuff anastomoses (3), the “total orthotopic transplant\" has not proven popular.},
issn = {2304-1021}, url = {https://www.annalscts.com/article/view/16440}
}