Only one of the four patients survived rejection and infection to leave the hospital, and he later died from failure to continue taking his medication.
四位換心人中，除了宋國山還曾出院，享受了兩個月健康正常的生活外，其餘三位都在纏綿病榻、屢次告急的情況下，死於器官移植的兩大殺手﹘﹘排斥及感染。