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16075953

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
Cardiac transplantation (HTx) remains one of the most important options for the management of end stage heart failure which is treated with optimal medical therapy. Evolving surgical techniques (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)) and mechanical device-therapie (ventricular assist devices (VAD)) and medical therapies have yielded incremental improvements in outcomes. These alternatives to HTx, however, usually only postpone the occurrence of the final end stage situation. This explains why HTx remains the last option for a substantial number of especially younger severe heart failure patients with upcoming renal failure. It is very recommendable to refer such kind of patients to university-based and specialized advanced heart failure and cardiac transplant centers, in time. This allows the introduction of optimal medical therapy, the careful medical and psychological evaluation and preparation of the considered HTx, as well as the full information procedure which has to be delivered to HTx candidates. HTx candidates should be aware about outcome numbers, medication toxicities, complications of immunosuppression, as well as the ever-present threat of cardiac allograft vasculopathy, infections and neoplasias after HTx.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0040-5930
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
473-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
[Indication, management and problems of cardiac transplantation].
pubmed:affiliation
Leitender Arzt, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kardiologie, Schweiz. Herz- und Gefässzentrum Bern, Universitätsspital Bern, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern. paul.mohacsi@insel.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review