Long-term Mortality in Adult Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients
Journal of Korean Medical Science
;
: 599-603, 2011.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-190745
ABSTRACT
Heart transplantation is now regarded as the treatment of choice for end-stage heart failure. To improve long-term results of the heart transplantation, we analyzed causes of death relative to time after transplantation. A total of 201 consecutive patients, 154 (76.6%) males, aged > or = 17 yr underwent heart transplantation between November 1992 and December 2008. Mean ages of recipients and donors were 42.8 +/- 12.4 and 29.8 +/- 9.6 yr, respectively. The bicaval anastomosis technique was used since 1999. Mean follow up duration was 6.5 +/- 4.4 yr. Two patients (1%) died in-hospital due to sepsis caused by infection. Late death occurred in 39 patients (19.4%) with the most common cause being sepsis due to infection. The 1-, 5-, and 10-yr survival rates in these patients were 95.5% +/- 1.5%, 86.9% +/- 2.6%, and 73.5% +/- 4.1%, respectively. The surgical results of heart transplantation in adults were excellent, with late mortality due primarily to infection, malignancy, and rejection. Cardiac deaths related to cardiac allograft vasculopathy were very rare.
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Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
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Transplantation
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Anastomosis, Surgical
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Survival Rate
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Follow-Up Studies
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Heart Transplantation
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Immunosuppression Therapy
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Treatment Outcome
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Graft Rejection
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Infections
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Korean Medical Science
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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