Significant practice-changing developments have occurred in the care of heart
transplantation candidates and recipients over the past decade. This Canadian …

Survival after cardiac transplantation has improved progressively since its inception over 35
years ago, with current 1 year survival approaching 90% and 7 year survival approaching …

Conference on cardiac transplantation in 2003 (1). The present Executive Summary
provides an update on the previous document, with a focus on new evidence and significant …

This article highlights trends in heart transplantation from 1998 to 2007, using data from the
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and the Scientific Registry of …

In the context of contemporary medical and surgical therapy, the revolutionary procedure of
cardiac transplantation should be redefined in its relative role. Based on the assumption that …

In April 2005, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) board
sanctioned the development of a comprehensive set of guidelines for the pre-transplant …

Heart transplantation continues to be the final therapeutic option for patients with end-stage
heart disease of varying etiologies, with more than 6,000 heart transplants performed …

Advanced heart failure affects tens of thousands of people in the United States alone with
high morbidity and mortality. Cardiac transplantation offers the best treatment strategy, but …

In this twenty-fifth official report of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant
(ISHLT) Registry, we present information regarding 80,000 heart transplants performed …

In this, the 26th official report of the transplant registry of the International Society for Heart
and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), we present information regarding almost 85,000 heart …