Cardiac Transplantation for Infants With Hypoplastic Left-Heart Syndrome

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 270, Issue 24, 1993, Pages 2944-2947

  Chiavarelli, Mario ^a   Gundry, Steven R ^a   Razzouk, Anees J ^a   Bailey, Leonard L ^a  

^a Department of Surgery and The Loma Linda International Heart Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORGAN PROCUREMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027142424     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03510240056032     Document Type: Article

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