Kaplan-Meier survival for adult heart transplants performed between January 1982 and June 2006 by era. All comparisons are significant at p < 0.0001. (Reproduced with permission from Taylor DO et al: Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: twenty-fifth official adult heart transplant report—2008. J Heart Lung Transplant 2008;27:943.) Source: Surgical Treatment of Acquired Cardiac Disease, CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 14e Citation: Doherty GM. CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 14e; 2015 Available at: http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/DownloadImage.aspx?image=/data/books/1202/doh_ch19_f021.png&sec=71519266&BookID=1202&ChapterSecID=71519048&imagename= Accessed: November 12, 2017 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved