Abstract
Indication for a repeat cardiac transplantation is not an infrequent situation [1]. The risks of the retransplantation are significantly higher than the risk of the first operation [2]. The increasing difficulty for a patient listed for a first transplantation to receive a good donor graft within a reasonable period of time, the attempt in most of the cardiac transplant centers to optimize as much as possible the use of the scarce donor grafts explain the difficulties for a patient selected for a retransplantation to actually receive a graft. This situation justifies an analysis of the real possibilities of mechanical circulation support as an alternative to a retransplantation.
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Loisance, D. (1997). Cardiac retransplantation and mechanical circulatory support. In: Retransplantation. Transplantation and Clinical Immunology, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-38142-8_22
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