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Selection and Management of the Potential Candidate for Cardiac Transplantation

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Book cover Surgical Options for the Treatment of Heart Failure

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 225))

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The potential benefits of transplantation were already recognized in 1968, as reflected in the statement from the Bethesda conference chaired by Francis Moore: “Cardiac transplantation, still in an early stage of development, shows promise for the future treatment of many people with severe heart disease”.1 At that time there were 20 survivors of 50 heart transplant procedures. Since then, cardiac transplantation has evolved from an experimental to an accepted clinical procedure, endorsed by Medicare in 1986 as ‘best therapy’ for end-stage heart failure. The current survival rate is 80–85% at 1 year, 70% at 5 years and 40% at 10 years.2 There have now been over 40,000 transplants performed in the world, involving over 250 heart transplant centres.

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Stevenson, L.W. (1999). Selection and Management of the Potential Candidate for Cardiac Transplantation. In: Masters, R.G. (eds) Surgical Options for the Treatment of Heart Failure. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 225. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-29191-8_5

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