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Why peoples lives are shortened after a heart transplant?
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See below: Rejection, infection, and coronary artery blockage are all accelerated after transplantation. However, peoples lives are NOT shortened by transplantation - they're greatly lengthened.
Answered 6/15/2014
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It is complicated: People who receive transplants actually have their lives lengthened on average because they were dying from a failing heart. After transplant, though, the life expectancy is less than normal because the body can reject the heart, or the heart may weaken after repeated episodes of rejection that are successfully stopped with medications, and anti-rejection meds can cause cancers or fatal infections
Answered 8/14/2014
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