title: [Current status of heart transplantation in Turkey].
abstract: Heart failure is a clinical picture that occurs when the heart is unable to provide sufficient blood to the tissues and organs due to low performance. In end-stage heart failure, quality of life and survival rates are affected adversely. Heart transplantation is still the best method of treatment in many end-stage heart failure patients who remain symptomatic despite guideline-directed medical therapy. The current situation of heart transplantation in Turkey is discussed in this review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey. tahir.yagdi@ege.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Tahir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yağdı
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Çağatay
authors.initials: Ç
authors.lastname: Engin
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Özbaran
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014421:Turkey