Rehabilitation after cardiac transplantation.
The physical, occupational, and social status of 56 patients who survived six or more months after cardiac transplantation at Stanford University Medical Center was reviewed. Fifty-one (91%) were classified as successfully rehabilitated. Four (7%) retained substantial physical disability, and one (2%) experienced psychiatric disability. These results demonstrate the therapeutic usefulness of cardiac transplantation in carefully selected recipients.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012179:Retirement; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous