Clinical status of patients removed from a transplant waiting list rivals that of transplant recipients at significant cost savings

American Heart Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1189-1194

  Levine, T Barry ^a   Levine, Arlene B ^a   Goldberg, A David ^a   Tobes, Michael ^a   Narins, Barbara ^a   Lesch, Michael ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030463384     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90462-7     Document Type: Article

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