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Immediate Postoperative Care and Maintenance Immunosuppressive Therapy

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The Transplantation and Replacement of Thoracic Organs

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The immediate postoperative care of a patient who has undergone heart transplantation, whether it be orthotopic or heterotopic, is similar to that of any patient who has undergone open heart surgery. Precautions need to be taken, however, to minimize the risk of infection. Maintenance immunosuppressive therapy is begun immediately before the operation and is continued afterwards.

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  1. Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma Transplantation Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

    David K. C. Cooper MA, MD, PhD, FRCS (Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Director of Research and Education, Formerly, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery) & Dimitri Novitzky MD, FCS (SA) (Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Formerly, Specialist in Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Director of Research and Education, Formerly, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery) &  (Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Formerly, Specialist in Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  2. University of Cape Town Medical School and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

    David K. C. Cooper MA, MD, PhD, FRCS (Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Director of Research and Education, Formerly, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Director of Research and Education, Formerly, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  3. Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

    Dimitri Novitzky MD, FCS (SA) (Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Formerly, Specialist in Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Formerly, Specialist in Cardiothoracic Surgery)

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Cooper, D.K.C. (1990). Immediate Postoperative Care and Maintenance Immunosuppressive Therapy. In: Cooper, D.K.C., Novitzky, D. (eds) The Transplantation and Replacement of Thoracic Organs. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0711-9_12

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