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Psychosocial outcome after heart transplantation

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Quality of Life after Open Heart Surgery

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 132))

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With the rapid progress that has been made in the field of he art transplantation over the last 30 years, there has been a corresponding growth in our awareness of the importance of psychological factors in all stages of treatment.

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Magni, G., Borgherini, G. (1992). Psychosocial outcome after heart transplantation. In: Walter, P.J. (eds) Quality of Life after Open Heart Surgery. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 132. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2640-3_45

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