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Changes in patient characteristics following cardiac transplantation: the Montreal Heart Institute experience

Author(s) -

Nicola Vistarini,

Anthony Nguyen,

Michel White,

Normand Racine,

Louis P. Perrault,

Anique Ducharme,

Denis Bouchard,

Philippe Demers,

Michel Pellerin,

Yoan Lamarche,

Ismaı̈l El-Hamamsy,

Geneviève Giraldeau,

Guy Pelletier,

Michel Carrier

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.005716

Subject(s) - medicine , heart transplantation , transplantation , context (archaeology) , economic shortage , surgery , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics) , biology

Heart transplantation is no longer considered an experimental operation, but rather a standard treatment; nevertheless the context has changed substantially in recent years owing to donor shortage. The aim of this study was to review the heart transplant experience focusing on very long-term survival (≥ 20 years) and to compare the initial results with the current era.

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