Heart Transplantation of the Elderly—Old Donors for Old Recipients: Can We Still Achieve Acceptable Results?

Heart Transplantation of the Elderly—Old Donors for Old Recipients: Can We Still Achieve Acceptable Results?

As society is ageing, an increasing prevalence of elderly heart failure patients will be expected. In order to increase the donor pool, acceptance of older donors might be a reasonable choice. All patients undergoing heart transplantation between 2010 and 2021 at a single department were retrospecti...

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Main Authors: Moritz Benjamin Immohr, Hug Aubin, Ralf Westenfeld, Sophiko Erbel-Khurtsidze, Igor Tudorache, Payam Akhyari, Artur Lichtenberg, Udo Boeken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
heart transplantation
age
elderly
frailty
demographic change
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/4/929

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