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A Porcine Heterotopic Heart Transplantation Protocol for Delivery of Therapeutics to a Cardiac Allograft
Published on: February 14, 2022
The state of the art in heart transplantation
1Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Abstract:
Cardiac transplantation is in its fourth decade as a treatment for end-stage cardiomyopathy and heart failure. It has reached a mature stage in its development as an effective treatment and many issues are settled with respect to best practices. However, there are many areas of ongoing research and significant advances that are continually being recognized. What constitutes 'State of the Art' in heart transplantation? This review focuses on developments in the pretransplant, peritransplant, and posttransplant phases of the care of the potential heart transplant recipient.
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