Long-term results of cardiac transplantation.
Over 12,000 cardiac transplants have been performed worldwide and many recipients are alive between 10 and 20 years posttransplant. The results, complications, and pathology of the long-term survivors are discussed in this chapter.
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Division of Cardiology, Stanford University Medical Center, California 94305.
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D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D005355:Fibrosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000502:physiology; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate