title: Long-term results of cardiac transplantation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Stanford University Medical Center, California 94305.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Billingham
mesh_terms: 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