Results of Cardiac Transplantation and Factors Influencing Survival

Heck, C. F.; Fragomeni, L. S.; Shumway, S. J.; Kaye, M. P.

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-0711-9_31

C. F. Heck,
L. S. Fragomeni,
S. J. Shumway &
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M. P. Kaye

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Abstract

After more than 20 years of experience with heart transplantation, significant changes have been witnessed regarding survival, the number of transplants performed annually, and the number of transplant centers performing this procedure. The operation has clearly been established as a successful form of treatment for end-stage heart disease.

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Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma Transplantation Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
David K. C. Cooper MA, MD, PhD, FRCS (Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Director of Research and Education, Formerly, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery) & Dimitri Novitzky MD, FCS (SA) (Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Formerly, Specialist in Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Director of Research and Education, Formerly, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery) & (Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Formerly, Specialist in Cardiothoracic Surgery)
University of Cape Town Medical School and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
David K. C. Cooper MA, MD, PhD, FRCS (Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Director of Research and Education, Formerly, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Director of Research and Education, Formerly, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery)
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Dimitri Novitzky MD, FCS (SA) (Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Formerly, Specialist in Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Formerly, Specialist in Cardiothoracic Surgery)

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Heck, C.F., Fragomeni, L.S., Shumway, S.J., Kaye, M.P. (1990). Results of Cardiac Transplantation and Factors Influencing Survival. In: Cooper, D.K.C., Novitzky, D. (eds) The Transplantation and Replacement of Thoracic Organs. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0711-9_31

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