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Cardiac Transplantation Beyond 55 Years of Age
Defraigne, Jean-Olivier; Demoulin, J. C.; Beaujean, M. A. et al.
1990In Transplant International, 3 (2), p. 59-61
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Abstract :
[en] Between January 1985 and December 1988, 20 patients over the age of 55 years (extremes 56-63 years; 15 men and 5 women) underwent cardiac transplantation. The cause of cardiopathy was ischemic in 70% of the cases. The immunosuppressive regimen consisted of cyclosporin A, corticoids, and azathioprine. Rejection episodes were monitored by endomyocardial biopsies and treated by pulses of corticoids or monoclonal antibodies (OKT3). The operative mortality was 10% (n = 2). The 1-year survival rate was 70%. The 1-year incidence of infection and/or rejection episodes was 1 and 1.53 episodes/patient, respectively. One patient was successfully retransplanted after 9 months because of intractable rejection. Age beyond 55 years is no longer a contraindication to cardiac transplantation. This change in recipient selection policy should lead to parallel changes in donor selection criteria.
Disciplines :
Surgery
Cardiovascular & respiratory systems
Author, co-author :
Defraigne, Jean-Olivier ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire et thoracique
Demoulin, J. C.;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Médecine interne
Beaujean, M. A.;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Médecine Interne
DELBOUILLE, Marie-Hélène ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation
MEURISSE, Michel ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation
Limet, Raymond ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire et thoracique
Language :
English
Title :
Cardiac Transplantation Beyond 55 Years of Age
Publication date :
July 1990
Journal title :
Transplant International
ISSN :
0934-0874
eISSN :
1432-2277
Publisher :
Springer International, Heidelberg, Germany
Volume :
3
Issue :
2
Pages :
59-61
Peer reviewed :
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