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SUBMITTER: de Jonge N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8630329 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Jonge N N Damman K K Ramjankhan F Z FZ van der Kaaij N P NP van den Broek S A J SAJ Erasmus M E ME Kuijpers M M Manintveld O O Bekkers J A JA Constantinescu A C AC Brugts J J JJ Oerlemans M I F MIF van Laake L W LW Caliskan K K
Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation 20210915 12
The updated listing criteria for heart transplantation are presented on behalf of the three heart transplant centres in the Netherlands. Given the shortage of donor hearts, selection of those patients who may expect to have the greatest benefit from a scarce societal resource in terms of life expectancy and quality of life is inevitable. The indication for heart transplantation includes end-stage heart disease not remediable by more conservative measures, accompanied by severe physical limitatio ...[more]