Heart Transplantation – Present-day State in the Word and in the Czech Republic
Authors:
J. Pirk
Authors‘ workplace:
Kardiocentrum IKEM, Praha
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2003; : 710-711
Category:
Overview
Paper presents brief history of the research in the field of heart transplantation in the Czech Republic and in the word.Indication criteria for the transplantation, operation technique, post operation treatment and long-term results arereviewed. It is considered that the heart transplantation became the routine clinical method, indicated to patients withirreversible heart failure when all other method of treatment had failed. The long-term survival is between 60 to 70 %.
Key words:
heart transplantation, cardiomyopathy.
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Addictology Allergology and clinical immunology Angiology Audiology Clinical biochemistry Dermatology & STDs Paediatric gastroenterology Paediatric surgery Paediatric cardiology Paediatric neurology Paediatric ENT Paediatric psychiatry Paediatric rheumatology Diabetology Pharmacy Vascular surgery Pain managementArticle was published in
Journal of Czech Physicians
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