Analysis of deaths in patients awaiting heart transplantation: Impact on patient selection criteria

Heart

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 455-462

  Haywood, Guy A ^a   Rickenbacher, Peter R ^a   Trindade, Pedro T ^a   Gullestad, Lars ^a   Jiang, Joseph P ^a   Schroeder, John S ^a   Vagelos, Randall ^a   Oyer, Philip ^a   Fowler, Michael B ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Heart transplantation; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029996567     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.75.5.455     Document Type: Article

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