BACKGROUND: Research examining age differences after heart transplant (HT) has
focused primarily on morbidity and mortality outcomes, with little emphasis on potential age …

Abstract Purpose of Review Older adults with end-stage heart failure may be candidates for
heart transplantation (HT) and changing guidelines and institutional policies have increased …

BACKGROUND: Limited research has been done on depression and quality of life in long-
term survival after heart transplantation. The aim of the present study was to investigate the …

BACKGROUND: Only a few researchers have examined quality of life (QOL) outcomes more
than 5 years after heart transplantation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to describe …

BACKGROUND: Heart transplantation requires substantial personal, financial, and
psychosocial resources. Using an existing multisite data set, we examined predictors of …

Background Older patients (aged 60 years or more) awaiting heart transplant often have
comorbidities that may limit overall survival independent of cardiac status. We hypothesized …

Objective To examine if older age (> 70 years) should be a relative contraindication for heart
transplantation, we evaluated the characteristics and outcomes of patients with age≥ 70 …

Aims As a consequence of recent advances in heart transplantation, upper age limits for the
procedure have been liberalized in many centres. It was the purpose of this study to …

BACKGROUND: Although studies have provided us with a cross-sectional analysis of long-
term quality of life (QOL) after transplantation, relatively few longitudinal studies have been …

Abstract Background: The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung
Transplantation (ISHLT) 2001 Annual Report indicated that the vast majority of heart …