Heart Transplant

Complications after Heart Transplantation

Four Major Causes of Death Post-cardiac Transplantation

1. Acute Allograph Rejection
2. Infections other than CMV
3. Allograft vasculopathy/carotid artery disease
4. Lymphoma/ malignancies

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Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death from 6 moths post transplant