Medium term results following heart transplantation for end stage heart failure: A single center experience of 257 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

End stage heart failure is a lethal disease with a dismal 5 year survival. Heart transplantation has proven to be a highly effective modality of treatment in appropriately selected group of such patients. This is a retrospective analysis of medium term outcomes of heart transplantation in the setting of a private health facility in India. The objective of this study was two fold.

Methods

The outcome of 257 heart transplants done at a single centre from October 2012 to October 2019 was analyzed. Patients with combined Heart and lung transplants and those whose complete medical records were unavailable were excluded from the study. Survival was tracked at 60 days, 90 days, one year and beyond for a maximum of 7 years. Preoperative patient risk profiles were character

SUBMITTER: Balakrishnan KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7772589 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature