title: [Investigation of sexual function rehabilitation of 11 male heart transplant recipients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the rehabilitation of the sexual function of male patients after heart transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven discharged adult male cardiac transplant recipients (ranging 32-54 years) with a normally functioning allograft for at least 9 months were questioned on their pre- and post-operative sexual function.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the recipients complained of a significant pretransplantive decrease and 10 stated a significant posttransplantive increase in sexual function.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The sexual function of the male recipients was significantly improved after cardiac transplantation. Psychosocial factors affecting the rehabilitation of sexual function should not be neglected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, China. drhxs@163.com
authors.forename: Xueshan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Daozhong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Liangwan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chongxian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous