Principles of Surgery, Companion Handbook

Principles of Surgery Companion Handbook

FIGURE 10-5 Donor cardiac procurement. A. Anticipated lines of transection of the vena cavae, aorta, and pulmonary veins. B. Donor heart excision, beginning with transection of the inferior vena cava (IVC) and pulmonary veins (PV; R = right, L = left, I = inferior, S = superior) and proceeding superiorly before transecting the pulmonary arteries and aorta. RPA = right pulmonary artery; RV = right ventricle; LV = left ventricle; PDA = posterior descending artery. (From: Smith JA, McCarthy PM, et al: The Stanford Manual of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation. Armonk, NY, Futura Publishing, 1996, with permission.)

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