Heart transplant: development and maturity of the program at the University of South Florida and the General Hospital of Tampa
Cintrón, G.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 81(10): 390-393
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 2558665 Document Number: 700459
Cardiac transplantation has evolved from an experimental procedure to an accepted mode of therapy that prolongs life in patients with severe heart failure. The University of South Florida-Tampa General Hospital began performing cardiac transplantation for the treatment of end-stage cardiac disease in June 1985. Since then, 50 heart transplantations have been performed and 37 patients are alive and well. The one-year actuarial survival is 78% and the two-year actuarial survival is 72%. Multiple complications have been encountered, most notably rejection and infection. The recent approval of the USF/TGH program as a Medicare funded cardiac transplantation center is expected to greatly expand the number of potential recipients and will provide the residents of Florida, the Southeastern United States and the Caribbean with an additional health care resource.
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