Sharon Hunt, MD
Publication Details
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Heart transplantation in patients over 54 years of age. Mortality, morbidity and quality of life.
Eur Heart J. 1997; (5): 870-8
As a consequence of recent advances in heart transplantation, upper age limits for the procedure have been liberalized in many centres. It was the purpose of this study to compare post-transplant mortality, morbidity and quality of life in a consecutive series of 72 patients > 54 years (mean age, 57.6 +/- 2.7 years) with a control group of 72 adult patients < or = 54 years (mean age, 42.4 +/- 9.5 years) transplanted at one centre between 1985 and 1991.
