Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 1997;18(4):212-213

Cuff technique for cardiac xenotransplantation

Ping LAN ; Jifu WANG

Keywords

Cuff technique; Heart; Xenotransplantation

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

The mouse heart was transplanted into the neck of rat using the cuff technique deseribed by Heron with a little modification.The graft accending aorta to the host common carotiel artery and the graft pulmonary artery to the host exteral jugular vein were performed.22 times of formal transplantation were done with the successful rate being 86%.The mean survival time was 2.10±0.80 days.The method is easy,quick and reliable.The superficial cervical localigation of the transplant is easily observed.This is a good model to observe the hyperacute rejection(HAR),to induce the translantation tolerance,and to screen the new immunosuppressive agents.