Donor heart quality control. Analysis of echocardiographic (EC) findings and patient outcome

Transplant International

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Auer, T ^a   Weihs, W ^a   Grasser, B ^a   Schmidt, B ^a   Petutschnigg, B ^a   Wasler, A ^a   Iberer, F ^a   Tscheliessnigg, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Donor heart selection; Echocardiography; Occult donor heart diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029853832     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1996.tb01662.x     Document Type: Article

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