title: Results of heart transplantation in patients with preexisting malignancies.
abstract: Twenty patients with end-stage heart failure and preexisting malignancies underwent heart transplantation at a single center, with a neoplasm-free interval before the procedure of 0 to 240 months. Twelve patients were long-term survivors (2 to 72 months); there were 2 early and 6 late deaths, thus justifying heart transplantation in patients with preexisting malignancies in individual cases.
authors.affiliation: Heart Center Northrhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Koerner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tenderich
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mannebach
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koertke
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: zu Knyphausen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El-Banayosy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baller
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kleesiek
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gleichmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koerfer
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018579:Patient Selection; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome