ArticleThe Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2013
Heart transplantation in the elderly patients: midterm results.
Article in The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Primary graft dysfunction after heart transplantation: a thorn amongst the roses.Heart failure reviews · 2019Review
- Initial Report of the Korean Organ Transplant Registry (KOTRY): Heart Transplantation.Korean circulation journal · 2017Article
- Patients 60 years of age and older should have the same chance for heart transplantation or not?Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban · 2017Article
- Twenty-Year Experience of Heart Transplantation: Early and Long-Term Results.The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundHeart transplantation in elderly patients has raised concerns because of co-morbidities and limited life expectancy in the era of donor shortage. We examined the outcomes after heart transplantation in elderly patients. MATERIALS AND
methodsFrom March 1994 to December 2011, 81 patients (male:female=64:17, 49.1±14.0 years) underwent heart transplantation. The outcomes after heart transplantation in the younger patients (<60 years; group Y, n=60) were compared with those in the elderly patients (≥60 years; group O, n=21). The follow-up duration was 51.8±62.7 months.
resultsEarly mortality (≤30 days) occurred in 5.0% (3/60) and 4.8% (1/21) of groups Y and O, respectively (p>0.999). There were no differences in overall survival between the two groups (p=0.201). Freedom from rejection was higher in group O than in group Y (p=0.026). Multivariable analysis revealed that age ≥60 years was not a significant risk factor for long-term survival; postoperative renal failure was the only significant risk factor for long-term survival (p=0.011).
conclusionEarly and mid-term results of heart transplantation in elderly patients were similar to those in younger patients.
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