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The immediate postoperative care of a patient who has undergone heart transplantation, whether it be orthotopic or heterotopic, is similar to that of any patient who has undergone open heart surgery. Precautions need to be taken, however, to minimize the risk of infection. Maintenance immunosuppressive therapy is begun immediately before the operation and is continued afterwards.
Keywords
- Acute Rejection
- Heart Transplantation
- High Pressure Liquid Chromatography
- Donor Heart
- Acute Rejection Episode
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Cooper, D.K.C. (1990). Immediate Postoperative Care and Maintenance Immunosuppressive Therapy. In: Cooper, D.K.C., Novitzky, D. (eds) The Transplantation and Replacement of Thoracic Organs. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0711-9_12
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