title: The International Society for Heart Transplantation Registry.
abstract: The Registry for the International Society for Heart Transplantation has collected data on some 6,500 heart transplant recipients and 344 heart-lung recipients. Operative mortality in heart transplantation has decreased substantially since 1985. There has been a recent increase in cardiac complications following heart transplantation. Congenital heart disease is a significant risk factor in heart transplantation. More patients are undergoing heart-lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis. Improved survival is seen with triple-drug immunosuppression in both heart and heart-lung recipients.
authors.affiliation: Minnesota Heart and Lung Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Shumway
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Kaye
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D007390:International Agencies; D015993:Life Tables; D012042:Registries; D015996:Survival Rate; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic