Medical School, University of Crete.
S Afr Med J. 2012 Mar 29;102(6 Pt 2):350-2. doi: 10.7196/samj.5020.
The heart transplant programme at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town has continued uninterruptedly since the first human transplant in 1967. Orthotopic heart transplantation was followed by the heterotopic method in 1974, considerably improving the clinical results. In 1983, owing to the advent of cyclosporin A, the orthotopic method was once again predominantly adopted. Early graft failure for various reasons remains a major complication, and heterotopic heart transplantation is perhaps the best way to deal with it.
自 1967 年首例人类心脏移植以来，格罗特舒尔医院和开普敦大学的心脏移植项目一直在持续进行，没有中断。1974 年，我们采用了异位心脏移植方法，这极大地改善了临床结果。1983 年，由于环孢素 A 的出现，我们再次主要采用了原位心脏移植方法。由于各种原因导致的早期移植物失功仍然是一个主要并发症，而异位心脏移植可能是处理这一问题的最佳方法。
