Quality of life of candidates for and recipients of heart transplants

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-146

  Molzahn, Anita E ^a,b   Burton, Jeffrey R ^a   Mccormick, Pauline ^a   Modry, Dennis L ^a   Soetaert, Patricia ^a   Taylor, Prudence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WELLBEING; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030934478     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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