Cardiac transplantation: eight years' experience.
Eight years' experience has allowed for standards to be set for the nursing care of the heart transplant patient. Early diagnosis of rejection by cardiac biopsy has improved the treatment of the patient. Cardiac transplantation will be continued at Stanford as a life-saving operation for those cardiac patients who need and want it.
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000517:prevention & control; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012046:Rehabilitation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents