Cardiac Transplant Patient at One Year
| Autor: | Randal Christensen, Timothy B. Icenogle, Judith E. Riley, Mark M. Levinson, Randall C. Cork, Richard A. Ott, Robert W. Emery, Jack G. Copeland |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Heart transplantation medicine.medical_specialty medicine.drug_class business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Hemodynamics Retrospective cohort study Immunosuppression Azathioprine Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Surgery Prednisone medicine Corticosteroid Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Cardiac catheterization medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Chest. 90:29-33 |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 |
| DOI: | 10.1378/chest.90.1.29 |
| Popis: | From March 1, 1979 thru September 30, 1984 we performed 56 cardiac transplants (Tx). The first 32 patients received conventional immunosuppression therapy consisting of azathioprine/prednisone (I/P), while the subsequent 24 patients received cyclosporine/prednisone (C/P). Twenty-one of 32 I/P patients ages 39±3 years (SEM), and 16 of 24 eligible C/P patients ages 36±3 years, survived one year with follow-up through September 30, 1985. The one year post-transplant course of these 37 patients was evaluated by chart review. While donor ages are similar, ischemic time was shorter in the conventionally treated patients. The initial hospital stay for I/P vs C/P was 67±6 vs 33±3 days (p |
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