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Who and when to consider for heart transplantation
1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Falk Cardiovascular Research Building, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5246, USA.
Cardiology in Review
|February 15, 2001
Abstract:
The number of patients who are potentially eligible for heart transplantation is increasing steadily in the face of a plateaued or stable donor supply. Therefore, development of fair, sensible, and consistently and widely applied criteria for transplant recipient selection is a crucial medical and societal issue. This article examines the evolution of these criteria and advocates a flexible approach to their continued evolution.