Rehabilitation After Cardiac Transplantation
- Lois K. Christopherson, MSW;
- Randall B. Griepp, MD;
- Edward B. Stinson, MD
Abstract
The physical, occupational, and social status of 56 patients who survived six or more months after cardiac transplantation at Stanford University Medical Center was reviewed. Fifty-one (91%) were classified as successfully rehabilitated. Four (7%) retained substantial physical disability, and one (2%) experienced psychiatric disability. These results demonstrate the therapeutic usefulness of cardiac transplantation in carefully selected recipients.
(JAMA 236:2082-2084, 1976)
Footnotes
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Reprint requests to Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305 (Dr Stinson).
