Heart transplantation and its prospects
Heart transplantation is the reference treatment for patients suffering from severe heart failure, whose main challenge is to cope with the shortage of organs: “On average, there are two compatible recipient candidates for just one available heart graft”, explained Doctor Guihaire in 2021. But what is the current heart transplant landscape in France? What about the selection of recipient candidates? And what are the prospects for the future? Heart transplant figures In 2019, 425 hear...