Cardiac transplantation beyond 55 years of age
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Cardiac transplantation beyond 55 years of age.
Between January 1985 and December 1988, 20 patients over the age of 55 years (extremes 56-63 years; 15 men and 5 women) underwent cardiac transplantation. The cause of cardiopathy was ischemic in 70% of the cases. The immunosuppressive regimen consisted of cyclosporin A, corticoids, and azathioprine. Rejection episodes were monitored by endomyocardial biopsies and treated by pulses of corticoid...
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عنوان ژورنال: Transplant International
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0934-0874,1432-2277
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1990.tb01892.x