Survival in the First Year of Heart Transplantation in a Center of a Developing Country, Infection versus Rejection as Causes of Mortality

In a transplant center in Colombia that does not perform universal prophylaxis for CMV, viruses are the first cause of post-transplant infection. The rate of invasive fungal infection is very low. Infections are the leading cause of post-transplant death, doubling the risk associated with rejection, they must establish effective measures for their control.