[Chronic rejection of a transplanted heart].
Three cases of chronic rejection occurring 7.5, 10, and 24 months after transplantation of the heart are analysed. The clinical features of chronic rejection in the late-term periods after transplantation of the heart are discussed. The problems of clinical diagnosis of chronic rejection, the role of endomyocardial biopsy and disorders of lipid metabolism are dealt with. Tactics of saving the patient are recommended. The authors substantiate the necessity for heart retransplantation and, in the absence of a donor's heart, for two-stage transplantation of the heart through an artificial heart or a biventricular approach by means of artificial heart ventricles.
Shumakov
V I
VI
Kazakov
E N
EN
Kormer
A Ia
AIa
Khubutiia
A Sh
ASh
Mogilevskiĭ
G M
GM
Giorgadze
O A
OA
Chestukhin
V V
VV
Belova
A E
AE
Smirnova
I V
IV
D000328:Adult; D006084:Graft Rejection; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors