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Cardiac transplantation in the adult with congenital heart disease is challenged by confounding pathophysiological states as well as anatomic variation in venous and great vessel anatomy. Indications for cardiac transplantation in this population center around a few different conditions:
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Abbreviations
- Ao:
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Aorta
- ICV:
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Inferior caval vein also known as inferior vena cava (IVC)
- LA:
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Left atrium
- LPA:
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Left pulmonary artery
- LSCV:
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Left superior caval vein also known as left superior vena cava (LSVC)
- PA:
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Pulmonary artery
- RA:
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Right atrium
- RPA:
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Right pulmonary artery
- RSCV:
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Right superior caval vein also known as right superior vena cava (RSVC)
- RV:
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Right ventricle
- SCV:
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Superior caval vein also known as superior vena cava (SVC)
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Fig. 21.3: Backer CL. Cardiac transplantation. In: Mavroudis C, Backer CL, editors. Atlas of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. London: Springer-Verlag; 2015. p. 393–99 (Reproduced with permission from Springer Nature)
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Figs. 21.14–21.16: Walters HL III, Delius RE. Anomalous systemic venous connections. In: Mavroudis C, Backer C, editors. Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, 4th ed. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell; 2013. p. 685–703 (Reproduced with permission from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
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Mavroudis, C., Dearani, J.A. (2020). Anatomic Variation for Cardiac Transplantation in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. In: Mavroudis, C., Dearani, J. (eds) Atlas of Adult Congenital Heart Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14163-9_21
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