Heart transplantation in patients 70 years of age and older: Initial experience

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1731-1736

  Blanche, Carlos ^a   Matloff, Jack M ^a   Denton, Timothy A ^a   Czer, Lawrence S C ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^a   Takkenberg, Johanna J M ^a   Trento, Alfredo ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030550273     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00489-4     Document Type: Article

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