Cardiac transplantation today.

Lung transplantation today.

Lung transplantation has become an accepted surgical modality, and it is indicated in patients with a long-term benign pulmonary disease in stage when all the other therapeutic possibilities failed. Nowadays it presents a real possibility to significantly improve the quality of life. Success, (mainly in the last decade), establishing international professional centers, national coordinations, s...

Guest Editorial Liver Transplantation Today

Liver transplantation: yesterday, today and tomorrow.

With the advances in technical skills, management of postoperative complications and improvements in immunosuppressive drugs, liver transplantation is the standard treatment for many patients with chronic liver disease. Today, shortage of donor organs seems to be the major limiting factor for the application of liver transplantation. This review focuses on five issues that are challenging to cl...

cardiac stem cell transplantation

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Cardiac transplantation.

As a consequence of improved management in acute coronary syndromes and improved longevity of the population, the number of patients with heart failure is growing. The prevalence and incidence in industrialised countries are estimated to be around 1% and 0.15% of the population, respectively. Up to 10% of people with heart failure are at an advanced stage, amounting to 300 000 patients in the U...