The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon
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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Apr 2005
Cardiothoracic surgery after heart and heart-lung transplantation.
We sought to examine our management and the outcomes of cardiothoracic procedures after heart and heart lung transplantation. ⋯ Reasons for cardiothoracic procedures after prior heart or heart-lung transplantation were allograft vasculopathy, aortic dissections years after transplantation, chronic rejection, and either lung infections or malignancies. Surgical repair can be performed with an acceptable operative risk and good long-term survival rates.