Open AccessDoes psychosocial compliance have an impact on long-term outcome after heart transplantation?
Author(s) -
Sandro Sponga,
Clara Travaglini,
Federica Pisa,
Daniela Piani,
G. Guzzi,
Chiara Nalli,
E. Spagna,
V. Tursi,
Ugolino Livi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezv120
Subject(s) - psychosocial , medicine , transplantation , multivariate analysis , univariate analysis , hazard ratio , heart transplantation , alcohol abuse , demography , psychiatry , confidence interval , sociology
Since patient compliance following organ transplantation is considered a limiting factor for long-term outcome, psychosocial assessment is commonly employed to evaluate suitability for organ transplantation. We analysed the impact of psychosocial characteristics on long-term outcome after heart transplantation in our institution.
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