Clinical follow-up of the heart transplant recipient

Long-term survival of heart transplant recipients is now commonplace, due to improved perioperative care. It is thus appropriate to review recent studies concerning immunosuppression-related clinical problems in heart transplant recipients, including infections, malignancies, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and osteoporosis. Hormonal and peripheral vascular responses of the denervated heart, exercise tolerance, pulmonary function, and parenting are also discussed.