Book Reviews -- Clinical Transplants 1990 edited by Paul I. Terasaki

Since the one-year mortality rate after a first transplantation is under 20 percent, and since many patients listed for heart transplantation die waiting for an organ, the use of donated hearts for early retransplantation is a debatable practice.

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Published inThe New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 326; no. 3; p. 209
Main Author Kirkman, Robert L
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Massachusetts Medical Society 16.01.1992
Subjects
Mortality
Transplants & implants
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Summary:Since the one-year mortality rate after a first transplantation is under 20 percent, and since many patients listed for heart transplantation die waiting for an organ, the use of donated hearts for early retransplantation is a debatable practice.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406