Should We Consider Patients with Coexistent Hepatitis B or C Infection for Orthotopic Heart Transplantation?

Heart transplantation (HTX) is the gold standard surgical treatment for patients with advanced heart failure. The prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection in HTX recipients is over 10%. Despite its increased prevalence, the long-term outcome in this cohort is still not clear. There is a r...

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Main Authors: Baskar Sekar, Pippa J. Newton, Simon G. Williams, Steven M. Shaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/748578
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