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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/598| Title: | Cardiac transplantation : an evolving practice |
| Authors: | Manche, Alexander |
| Keywords: | Heart -- Transplantation Heart -- Transplantation -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 1997 |
| Publisher: | Maltese Medical Journal |
| Citation: | Maltese Medical Journal. 1997, Vol. 9(2), p. 4-5 |
| Abstract: | When Barnard performed the first orthotopic transplant he became an instant celebrity. By today’s standards the method of retrieval was daring and fraught with risk. In this article the author starts by explaining the first attempted heart transplant being performed in 1968. Heart transplantation still provides the best outcome and 5 year survival in established centres now approximates 65%. The immediate success of surgery is directly related to the correct choice of the ideal donors and recipients. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/598 |
| Appears in Collections: | MMJ, Volume 9, Issue 2 MMJ, Volume 9, Issue 2 |
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