title: [Successful heart transplantation in long-term ventilated patients].
abstract: Cardiac transplantation was carried out in three men, aged 50, 34 and 36 years with severe chronic heart failure. They did not completely meet the Dutch criteria, notably with respect to absence of contraindications and the requirement of thorough screening. The treatment was successful.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd, Thoraxcentrum, Groningen.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Brouwer
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bams
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Van Den Berg
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Van Veldhuisen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ebels
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D016896:Treatment Outcome