Gender Matching Aids Long-term Survival After Heart Transplants
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 18:14
in Health & Medicine
Men who received heart transplants from a male donor and women who had female donors had lower chances of death than patients who received a transplant from the opposite sex, according to a new 10-year study. Pairing female patients with male donors had the greatest risk for death during the study. Researchers said heart size and perhaps differences in the immune system explain the correlation.
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