PMID- 9152354
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970605
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 0028-8446 (Print)
IS  - 0028-8446 (Linking)
VI  - 110
IP  - 1042
DP  - 1997 Apr 25
TI  - Cardiac transplantation in New Zealand: eight years experience.
PG  - 139-42
AB  - Between December 1987 and December 1995, 62 patients underwent orthotopic cardiac 
      transplantation at Green Lane Hospital. Their cardiac dysfunction resulted from 
      dilated cardiomyopathy (32), coronary artery disease (21), rheumatic heart 
      disease (7), congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (1) and 
      hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (1). Before transplantation all patients were in New 
      York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class III or IV. Eight patients (13%) 
      died in the perioperative period and a further seven (11%) died 1 to 4 years 
      after transplantation. Actuarial 1 and 3 year survival was 87% and 80% 
      respectively. Forty-five of forty-seven surviving patients were in NYHA 
      functional class I at the time of analysis. The results confirm that cardiac 
      transplantation has a limited but valuable role in the treatment of end stage 
      myocardial dysfunction.
FAU - Lund, M
AU  - Lund M
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Green Lane Hospital, Epsom, Auckland.
FAU - Ellis, C J
AU  - Ellis CJ
FAU - Coverdale, H A
AU  - Coverdale HA
FAU - Agnew, T M
AU  - Agnew TM
FAU - Haydock, D A
AU  - Haydock DA
FAU - Middleton, N G
AU  - Middleton NG
FAU - Whitfield, C J
AU  - Whitfield CJ
FAU - Whitlock, R M
AU  - Whitlock RM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - New Zealand
TA  - N Z Med J
JT  - The New Zealand medical journal
JID - 0401067
SB  - IM
MH  - Actuarial Analysis
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cause of Death
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Diseases/classification/mortality/*surgery
MH  - Heart Transplantation/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - New Zealand
MH  - *Patient Selection
EDAT- 1997/04/25 00:00
MHDA- 1997/04/25 00:01
CRDT- 1997/04/25 00:00
PHST- 1997/04/25 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1997/04/25 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1997/04/25 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - N Z Med J. 1997 Apr 25;110(1042):139-42.