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Is Heart Transplant Effective?

is heart transplant effective? do most people that undergo a heart transplant survive? how long? is heart transplant effective? do most people that undergo a heart transplant survive? how long?
Thu, 17 Dec 2009
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Mario Deng and his colleagues followed all the patients listed for a heart transplant in Germany in the year 1997. There was NO DIFFERENCE IN SURVIVAL RATES between those who actually received a heart transplant and those who did not.
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Is Heart Transplant Effective?

Mario Deng and his colleagues followed all the patients listed for a heart transplant in Germany in the year 1997. There was NO DIFFERENCE IN SURVIVAL RATES between those who actually received a heart transplant and those who did not.