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Heart Transplanation: The End of the Beginning
Author(s) -
Yacoub M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02366.x
Subject(s) - medicine , disappointment , transplantation , enthusiasm , heart transplantation , surgery , theology , psychology , psychotherapist , philosophy
The report on survival of heart transplants beyond 20 years raises important questions about changing our horizons and expectations for outcomes, particularly since only 12.5% of patients survived 20 years, and that many of these have debilitating diseases. See also special article by Deuse et al in this issue on page 1769.