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6422905

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
Of 57 patients referred to the McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center, Richmond, Va, for evaluation for cardiac transplantation, 18 received allografts. The overall graft survival rate was 67% from two to 24 months after transplantation. In 15 recipients receiving immunosuppression with rabbit anti-human thymocyte globulin, prednisone, and azathioprine, previous transfusion and HLA-DR matching resulted in improved graft survival. In three patients receiving cyclosporin and prednisone, hypertension, nephrotoxicity, and hepatotoxicity were seen. All surviving recipients were in functional New York Heart Association class 1 or 2. The cost to the Medical Center was $23,275 per transplant. The results achieved at the center suggested that a regionalized cardiac transplant program can be established within the VA health care system with acceptable clinical results and significant financial savings.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0004-0010
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
390-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Orthotopic cardiac transplantation in a Veterans Administration hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article