Heart transplantation for patients over age 60

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 6 I, 1996, Pages 478-481

  Everett, Jeffrey E ^a   Djalilian, Ali R ^a   Kubo, Spencer H ^a   Kroshus, Timothy J ^a   Shumway, Sara J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SKIN CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OSTEOPOROSIS; SAFETY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030460570     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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