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Data Suggest 70 May Be the New 60 for Heart Transplantation


 

FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

In a final analysis that was restricted to patients who survived the first year post transplantation, patients aged 70 years or older no longer had an increased risk of death, compared with their counterparts aged 60-69 years.

Dr. Goldstein said he had no relevant financial disclosures.

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