[The heart transplant. The initial experience of the Instituto do Coração de Pernambuco].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the initial experience of a heart transplant program in Recife, Pernambuco.


METHODS
Six patients in the final stage of heart failure were submitted to heart transplant. There were 4 male and 2 female patients, ranging in age from 15 to 61 years (mean, 43.8). Four had coronary heart disease and two dilated cardiomyopathy. The conventional operative technique of orthotopic heart transplant was used. All patients received a triple drug immunosuppressive therapy.


RESULTS
There was one death due to acute rejection on the 28th postoperative day. The 5 survivors are in functional class I in a mean follow-up period of 113 days.


CONCLUSIONS
The initial experience of a heart transplant program in Recife, Pernambuco, suggests that good long term results could be expected.
Moraes
C R
CR
Instituto do Coração de Pernambuco, Recife, PE.
Rodrigues
J V
JV
Tenório
D
D
Gomes
C A
CA
Tenório
E
E
Moraes Neto
F
F
Marques
D
D
Bouwman
R
R
Coelho
T C
TC
Levy
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002300:Cardiac Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000453:epidemiology; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology
Transplante de coração. Experiência inicial no Instituto do Coração de Pernambuco.