Cardiac transplantation in a neonate with endocardial fibroelastosis

Abstract An investigational orthotopic cardiac transplantation was performed to manage subendocardial fibroelastosis in a neonate. No unmanageable technical complications arose from the transplantation. Postoperative observation showed the infant developed normally except for moderate cerebral palsy. (Texas Heart Institute Journal 1990;17:122-5) Full textFull text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (1.2M), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References. 122 123 124 125 Images in this article Image on p.123 Image on p.124 Image on p.124 Image on p.125 Click on the image to see a larger version. Selected References These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article. Addonizio LJ, Rose EA. Cardiac transplantation in children and adolescents. J Pediatr. 1987 Dec;111(6 Pt 2):1034–1038. [PubMed] English TA. Is cardiac transplantation suitable for children? Pediatr Cardiol. 1983 Jan-Mar;4(1):57–58. [PubMed] Allen HD. Is cardiac transplantation in children an experimental procedure? Am J Dis Child. 1986 Nov;140(11):1105–1106. [PubMed] Cooley DA, Frazier OH, Van Buren CT, Bricker JT, Radovancevic B. Cardiac transplantation in an 8-month-old female infant with subendocardial fibroelastosis. JAMA. 1986 Sep 12;256(10):1326–1329. [PubMed] Bailey L, Concepcion W, Shattuck H, Huang L. Method of heart transplantation for treatment of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1986 Jul;92(1):1–5. [PubMed]