Controlling perioperative morbidity and mortality after lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension

Transplantation Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 209-213

  McCurry, Kenneth R ^a   Keenan, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung transplantation; Morbidity; Mortality; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008831699     PISSN: 0955470X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-470X(98)80012-8     Document Type: Article

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