Brown Patricia A, Launius Beatrice K, Mancini Mary C, Cush Eleanor M
Heart Transplant Clinic, Willis-Knighton Medical Center, Shreveport, La, USA.
Crit Care Nurs Q. 2004 Jan-Mar;27(1):92-5. doi: 10.1097/00002727-200401000-00009.
Depression and anxiety are potential psychological problems that a heart transplant patient may face both before and after transplant. In addition, there is the potential for difficulty in adjusting to life after transplantation. Anxiety and depression and their effects, both pretransplant and posttransplant, are explored. A case study is used to illustrate the psychological effects of trans plantation.
