[Orthotopic and heterotopic heart transplantation].

Orthotopic cardiac transplantation is an excellent palliation for endstage cardiac failure in select patients. Individual patients may benefit from heterotopic cardiac transplantation. Since 1986 88 patients received an orthotopic or heterotopic transplant at Charité University Hospital.

[Value of dynamic cardiomyoplasty].

The value of dynamic cardiomyopathy in the treatment of end-stage heart failure is controversial. After more than 500 patients have been operated worldwide, the indication and the surgical technique have become more uniform, which makes results from different centers eligible for comparison. We performed cardiomyopathy in patients with contraindications for heart transplantation.

[Endoventricular patch-plasty for reconstruction of ventricular geometry and pump function in myocardial aneurysm].

This report deals with the first experience with endoventricular patch plasty in patients suffering from left ventricular aneurysm. The early postoperative results in 18 patients operated upon during January and May 1995 are encouraging. All patients survived the procedure.