Survival beyond 10 years following heart transplantation: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation experience.
Transplant Proc
; 37(10): 4509-12, 2005 Dec.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16387156
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Long-term survival after heart transplantation is a desirable although challenging goal.METHODS:
We analyzed clinical outcomes in the cohort of 170 patients who have undergone heart transplantation at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and survived >10 years.RESULTS:
We found 10-year and 15-year survival rates of 54% and 41%, respectively, in these patients, but there was also a high incidence of complications, such as hypertension, renal dysfunction, transplant vasculopathy, and malignancy.CONCLUSIONS:
Long-term survival following cardiac transplantation is possible although complications are frequent. Beyond 10 years, malignancy is a major cause of death.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transplante de Coração
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Sobreviventes
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Transplant Proc
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos