Changes in etiology, cause of death, survival, and mortality rates in cardiac transplant patients from 1998 to 2011 [1998-2011 arasi dönemde kalp nakli hastalarinda etyoloji, ölüm nedenleri, sagkalim ve mortalite oranlarindaki degişim]

PubMed ID: 22395371Objectives: We retrospectively analyzed changes in heart failure etiology, causes of death, mortality and survival rates in cardiac transplant patients from 1998 to 2011. Study design: A total of 144 patients (112 men, 32 women; mean age 40.2±14.3 years) underwent cardiac transplantation between February 1998 and January 2011. The patients were divided into two groups; hence, 63 patients (group 1; mean age 42.5±12.6 years) receiving transplantation up to January 2006, and 81 patients (group 2; mean age 38.4±15.3 years) receiving transplantation from 2006 to 2011. In the latter period, a ventricular assist device was used in 17 patients before transplantation. Results: Dilated cardiomyopathy was the main cause of heart transplantation in both groups (71.4% vs. 74.1%). Overall mortality, in-hospital mortality (