Cardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation: Elective Operation or Last Exit Strategy?

Cardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation: Elective Operation or Last Exit Strategy?

Background. Because of improved long-term survival after heart transplantation (HTx), late graft pathologies such as valvular disease or cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) might need surgical intervention to enhance longer survival and ensure quality of life. To this date, there exist no guideline...

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Main Authors: Johannes Goekler, MD, Andreas Zuckermann, MD, Emilio Osorio, MD, Faris F. Brkic, MD, Keziban Uyanik-Uenal, MD, Guenther Laufer, MD, Arezu Aliabadi-Zuckermann, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-10-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000725

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