Cardiac transplantation.
Cardiac transplantation is now an accepted therapeutic procedure in the management of patients suffering from end-stage congestive heart failure. The advances in myocardial preservation, long-distance procurement, immunosuppression, improvement in the treatment of infectious diseases, and utilization of endomyocardial biopsy in the diagnosis of rejection have made its application widespread and resulted in improved survival.
Pifarre
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois.
Sullivan
H J
HJ
Montoya
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A
Bakhos
M
M
Grieco
J
J
Foy
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B
Blakeman
B
B
Costanzo-Nordin
M R
MR
D006084:Graft Rejection; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D011182:Postoperative Care; D014019:Tissue Donors