1. Heart transplantation with super-aged donors older than 65 years
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Tasuku Hada, MD, Osamu Seguchi, MD, PhD, Nana Kitahata, CE, Shotaro Komeyama, MD, Hiroki Mochizuki, MD, Takuya Watanabe, MD, PhD, Satoshi Kainuma, MD, PhD, Satsuki Fukushima, MD, PhD, Yasumasa Tsukamoto, MD, PhD, Tomoyuki Fujita, MD, PhD, Jon Kobashigawa, MD, and Norihide Fukushima, MD, PhD
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heart transplantation ,aged donor ,donor selection ,donor evaluation ,cardiac function ,Surgery ,RD1-811 ,Specialties of internal medicine ,RC581-951 - Abstract
Background: This study elucidated the clinical outcomes and serial allograft function of heart transplant (HTx) recipients who received hearts from super-aged donors (SAD) ≥65 years of age. Methods: Adult HTx recipients between 1999 and 2022 were retrospectively reviewed and divided into 2: donor age ≥65 years [SAD group (n = 12)] and donor age
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- 2024
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