Key result
Cardiac transplantation resulted in successful rehabilitation in 91% of patients who survived six or more months post-procedure.
Why the study?
Does cardiac transplantation improve physical, occupational, and social status in carefully selected recipients?
Population
56 patients who survived six or more months after cardiac transplantation at Stanford University Medical…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
six or more months
Authors
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Supports successful rehabilitation in selected survivors; leaves open generalizability to contemporary unselected populations.
Observational (n=56)
No
Does cardiac transplantation improve physical, occupational, and social status in carefully selected recipients?
Cardiac transplantation provides successful physical, occupational, and social rehabilitation in the vast majority (91%) of patients who survive beyond six months.
Lois K. Christopherson (1976) conducted an observational in Cardiac transplantation (n=56). Cardiac transplantation was evaluated on Successful rehabilitation. Cardiac transplantation resulted in successful rehabilitation in 91% of patients who survived six or more months post-procedure.
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