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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 48, 168-172, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Effect of prior cardiac surgery on survival after heart transplantation

DE Lammermeier, T Nakatani, MS Sweeney, CT Van Buren, MP Macris, JM Duncan and OH Frazier
Section of Transplantation, Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77225.

We conducted a retrospective analysis of 182 adult orthotopic heart transplant patients who underwent operations at our institution between July 1982 and October 1987 to determine whether prior cardiac operation affects survival. Group I included the 72 patients (39.6%) who had undergone a previous cardiac operation or operations and group II, the 110 (60.4%) who had not. The mean age of the patients in group I was 52.1 +/- 8.1 years and in group II, 46.1 +/- 10.2 years (p less than 0.01). The incidence of ischemic heart disease was 86.1% in group I and 29.1% in group II (p less than 0.01). All patients received cyclosporine-based immunosuppression. More patients in group I than in group II required reoperation for bleeding after transplantation: 18 (25.0%) versus 9 (8.2%) (p less than 0.01). The actuarial 1-year and 3- year survival rates were 77.6% and 66.5%, respectively, for group I and 77.1% and 66.3%, respectively, for group II. Because both groups had similar survival rates, we believe that prior cardiac operation in heart transplant recipients does not compromise long-term survival.

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