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Satisfaction With Heart Transplantation
Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, 2006This research investigated patient satisfaction with heart transplantation (HT) 6 months after surgery. The authors explored whether HT patients would make the decision to have HT again and examined medical, psychosocial, and demographic factors associated with satisfaction or dissatisfaction in 257 HT recipients.
Anne, Jalowiec +2 more
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Pediatric heart transplantation
Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2002Heart transplantation is now a treatment option with good outcome for infants and children with end-stage heart failure or complex, inoperable congenital cardiac defects. One-year and 5-year actuarial survival rates are high, approximately 75% and 65%, respectively, with overall patient survival half-life greater than 10 years.
Robert J, Boucek, Mark M, Boucek
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Heart and Heart-Lung Transplantation
Nursing Clinics of North America, 1989The fields of heart and combined heart-lung transplantation continue to evolve, allowing treatment of more individuals with end-stage heart and lung disease. The postoperative course and rehabilitation phase may be arduous, emphasizing the importance of selecting candidates who meet specific medical and psychosocial criteria.
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Auxiliary Heart Transplantation
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1980At the present time, the major obstacles in the successful clinical application of heart transplantation are the immunological attack on the allograft, the treatment of complications resulting from immunosuppression, and the supply of transplantable hearts.
F M, Jara +3 more
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Investigative Radiology, 1989
Since the successful clinical reintroduction of heart and lung transplantation in 1981, more than 350 of these procedures have been performed worldwide. Although survival following this operation is less than that reported for heart transplantation, the results are improving. It is clear that the increased technical difficulty of the procedure combined
R S, Bonser +2 more
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Since the successful clinical reintroduction of heart and lung transplantation in 1981, more than 350 of these procedures have been performed worldwide. Although survival following this operation is less than that reported for heart transplantation, the results are improving. It is clear that the increased technical difficulty of the procedure combined
R S, Bonser +2 more
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Innovations in Heart Transplantation: Partial Heart Transplantation and Xenotransplantation
Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular SurgeryDespite efforts to improve donor heart allocation policies, geographic disparities, logistical challenges and patient criteria limit organ availability. However, recent surgical innovations offer potential solutions. These include partial heart transplantation and xenotransplantation.
Zachary T. Silvano +6 more
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Transplantation of the Heart and Lungs
1988In 1957 Webb and Howard reported six cardiopulmonary transplants in dogs, with survival ranging from 75 minutes to 22 hours [1]. Subsequent experiments in dogs produced longer survival, with Lower and Shumway achieving 5 days survival [2], and Grinnan et al. reporting survival for up to 10 days in a series of 25 transplants [3].
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