[Heart transplant. Long-term follow-up].
The use of cyclosporin in the immuno-suppressive treatment has resulted in a spectacular improvement of the outcome of cardiac transplantation. But a number of complications, if they have become less severe, have note however totally disappeared. In order to detect them at an early stage, a strict monitoring is necessary. Systematic ambulatory visit are organized in the transplant center. In the interval between visits, a medical follow-up by cardiologist and attending physician is absolutely necessary.
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Service de Chirurgie thoracique et cardiovasculaire, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
Desruennes
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Pavie
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Fraysse
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Levasseur
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JP
Vaissier
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Cabrol
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D000359:Aftercare; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors
Transplantation cardiaque. Suivi à long terme.