- Emergency
- Coronary heart disease.
- Valvular heart disease.
- Diseases of the thoracic vessels.
- Arrhythmias.
- Transplantation.
- Heart transplant
- Indications.
- Organ donation.
- Guidelines for organ mediation.
- Inclusion on the waiting list.
- Examinations before inclusion on the waiting list.
- Regular check-ups prior to transplantation.
- The heart transplant call.
- The transplantation.
- The first days after the transplant.
- Postoperative immunosuppression.
- Other medications.
- Medication times.
- Postoperative complications and rejection reactions.
- Complications due to infections.
- Check-ups.
- How do I do things correctly.
- Lung transplantation.
- Combined transplantation.
- Heart transplant
Check-ups
- Fig. Biopsy of the heart muscle to diagnose rejection
- Fig. Heart muscle biopsies
After the inpatient treatment, an outpatient check-up takes place once a month initially after the transplant. In the first few months, heart muscle biopsies are taken and examined histologically as part of the outpatient check-ups for early identification of rejection. When transplant function is stable, the intervals between check-ups become longer subsequently.
However, important laboratory parameters should continue to be measured regularly (about every four weeks). This can be done by the family doctor. Drug levels have to be measured in a special laboratory. This then sends the results to the transplant centre, which will phone the patient if necessary to tell him to adjust the dose.