title: [Heart transplantation--one possibility in the treatment of advanced congestive heart failure].
abstract: The authors present epidemiological data about congestive heart failure, its most common etiology and prognosis. They justify the performance of heart transplantation (HTx) in the treatment of congestive heart failure. They analyze the present state of HTx in the world and describe also the history of HTx in Slovakia. They present the review of contraindications and indications for the inclusion of recipients into the HTx programme and describe the further fates of these patients. They regard the HTx as an integral component of the therapeutical approach to the precisely defined group of patients with otherwise refractory congestive heart failure. (Tab. 4, Fig. 6, Ref. 38.)
authors.affiliation: Ustav kardiovaskulárnych chorôb v Bratislave, Slovakia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fabián
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fridrich
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krcméry
authors.lastname: Nyulassy S
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pechán
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pribilincová
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Riecansky
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Slugen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000075202:Contraindications; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Transplantácia--jedna z mozností liecenia pokrocilého kongestiívneho zlyhania srdca.