A 37-year-old member asked:
what do you advise for heart transplant anti rejection meds= kidney disease /failure?
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Dr. Calvin Weisberger answered
51 years experience Cardiology
Transplant: Heart transplant management is a very specialized area and specific recommendations to a particular patient are necessary. The patient should be followed by the transplant team who knows the details of the specific patient. Making blanket recommendations in a place like this isn't a good idea
Answered on Jul 18, 2014
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