Survival after heart transplantation for Chagas cardiomyopathy using a conventional protocol: A 10-year experience in a single center.

Luis E EcheverríaAntonio FigueredoMaría J RodriguezLeonardo SalazarCamilo PizarroCarlos A MorilloLyda Z RojasSergio Alejandro Gómez-OchoaVictor R Castillo

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2021)

This cohort showed a favorable survival and a low reactivation rate without an impact on mortality. Our results suggest that performing HT in patients with CCM following conventional guidelines and recommendations for other etiologies is a safe approach.

Keyphrases

clinical practice
randomized controlled trial
heart failure
cardiovascular events
risk factors
free survival
trypanosoma cruzi
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease