title: Cardiac transplantation in Puerto Rican patients at the Texas Heart Institute.
abstract: Cardiac transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients suffering from end-stage cardiac disease unamenable to conventional medical or surgical treatment. More than 390 patients have undergone heart transplantation at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, and nine were Puerto Rican. Overall survival of these patients is 88%. Our experience with patients from Puerto Rico is described.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Transplantation Service, Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston 77225-0345.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Colón
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Frazier
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dunca
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Radovancevic
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Marín
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cooley
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002300:Cardiac Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012737:Sex Factors; D013781:Texas