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A Porcine Heterotopic Heart Transplantation Protocol for Delivery of Therapeutics to a Cardiac Allograft
Published on: February 14, 2022
New directions in cardiac transplantation
Abdulaziz Al-khaldi1, Robert C Robbins
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. alkhaldi@stanford.edu
Abstract:
More than three decades of clinical experience in cardiac transplantation resulted in the spread of the procedure worldwide with a wealth of knowledge and advancements. Developments included liberalization of recipient and donor selection criteria, improved surgical techniques, novel immunosuppressive drugs and protocols, new rejection surveillance techniques, and better understanding of the pathophysiology of cardiac allograft vasculopathy to direct interventions for prevention and treatment.

