Abstract
Progressive improvement in the techniques of cardiac surgery together with the emergence of cyclosporine as a powerful immunosuppressive agent have led to a resurgence of interest in cardiac transplantation. Despite its life-saving function, the same technical environment with its range of restrictions can lead to physical and emotional stress. Psychosocial implications and psychiatric morbidity are worth considering, but scarcely investigated. Further, severe life-threatening illness followed by high technology support and heart transplantation does not only affect the life of the patients but their whole family, especially the spouses’ life and could represent a traumatic event in their lives. The present case gave us the opportunity to consider the causes and clinical findings and review the specific psychological interventions for patients with end-stage heart disease.
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