Improvising hepatic venous outflow and inferior vena cava reconstruction for combined heart and liver and sequential liver transplantations

Liver transplantation is a standard treatment for patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) with disease progression. Given the multiorgan involvement by amyloidosis, the heart is often involved. When poor cardiac function becomes prohibitive to liver transplantation, a combined heart-...

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Published in:	Asian Journal of Surgery
Main Authors:	See Ching Chan, Lik Cheung Cheng, Ka Lai Ho, Kenneth S.H. Chok, William W. Sharr, Wing Chiu Dai, Chung Mau Lo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2013-04-01
Subjects:	amyloidosis combined heart liver transplantation sequential
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958412001248