• Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am · Mar 2000

    Historical Article

    The evolution of heart transplantation.

    • S D Krau.
    • School of Nursing, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, USA.
    • Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2000 Mar 1; 12 (1): 1-9.

    AbstractNow that heart transplantation is a common therapeutic modality, it has lost much of its earlier mystique. Numerous issues related to donor allocation, immunosuppression, quality-of-life of the recipient, patient selection, cost-effectiveness, and a myriad of ethical considerations remain. Current policies, procedures, legislation, and techniques are the result of a long progression of experimental and clinical advances and public reaction. Current practices and legislation are a part of heart transplantation's evolutionary process. The process can change and advance as rapidly as it did on December 3, 1967, with the announcement of the first successful human-to-human heart transplantation.

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