title: [Long-term results of cardiac transplantation].
abstract: Between 1982 and 1992, 73 patients who had undergone cardiac transplantation and survived the hospital period, were followed up. The actuarial survival was 86%, 65% and 40% at 1, 5 and 7 years. The main causes of the 14 secondary deaths were infection (4), acute rejection (3) and cancer (3). Survival was complicated by acute rejection (1.07 episodes/patient), infection (0.7 episode/patient), cancer, hypertension and renal failure, graft dysfunction and other more secondary side effects. After analysing all the complications, the authors evaluated the quality of long-term survival after cardiac transplantation which allowed one patient out of two to return to normal living but with the threat of secondary graft dysfunction.
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Résultats à distance de la transplantation cardiaque.