Medicine: Capsules, Dec. 24, 1973

> Heart transplants are apparently not the answer to severe cardiac disease: of some 200 patients round the world who have been given new hearts, only 26, or 13%, are still alive. But transplants do seem to be the solution for many of those who suffer from serious kidney problems. A report published in the

A.M.A. Journal by the Renal Transplant Registry, which keeps track of most of the kidney transplants performed throughout the world, reveals that the odds of survival following a transplant are excellent, particularly if the procedure is done in a...

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