Predicting outcome after cardiac transplantations: Lessons from the Cardiac Transplant Research Database

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-145

  Bourge, Robert C ^a   Kirklin, James K ^a   Naftel, David C ^a   McGiffin, David C ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030961701     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199703000-00008     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. O'Connell JB, Bourge RC, Costanzo-Nordin M, Driscoll DJ, Morgan JP, Rose EA, Uretsky B: Cardiac transplantation: recipient selection, donor procurement, and medical follow-up. Circulation 1992, 86:1061-1079. This is an excellent review article on the topic of heart transplantation.
2. Hosenpud JD, Novick RJ, Breem TJ, Keck B, Daily P: The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: 12th Official Report, 1995. J Heart Lung Transplant 1995, 14:805-815. The fourth CTRD publication applied an extended risk factor analysis to a large number of transplant recipients. Suggestions on ways to apply the risk factors identified to specific patients are made.
3. Bourge RC, Naftel DC, Constanzo-Nordin M, Kirklin JK, Young J, and the Transplant Cardiologists Research Database Group: Risk factors for death after cardiac transplantation: a multi-institutional study. J Heart Lung Transplant 1993, 12:549-562. This is a landmark paper which first describes the statistical methods of time varying hazard analysis.
4. Miller LW, Naftel DC, Bourge RC, Kirklin JK, Brozena SC, Jarcho JJ, Hobbs RE, Mills RM, and the Cardiac Transplant Research Database Group: Infection after heart transplantation: a multi-institutional study. J Heart Lung Transplant 1994, 13:381-393.
5. Young JB, Naftel DC, Bourge RC, Kirklin JK, Clemson BS, Porter CB, Rodeheffer RJ, Kenzora JL, and the Cardiac Transplant Research Database Group: Matching the heart donor and cardiac transplant recipient: clues for successful expansion of the donor pool. A multi-variable, multi-institutional report. J Heart Lung Transplant 1994, 13:353-365.
6. Kobashigawa JA, Naftel DC, Bourge RC, Kirklin JK, Ventura HO, Mohanty PK, Cintron GB, Bhat G, and the Transplant Cardiologists Research Database Group: Pre-transplant risk factors for acute rejection after cardiac transplantation: a multi-institutional study. J Heart Lung Transplant 1993, 12:355-366.
7. Jarcho J, Naftel DC, Shroyer TW, Kirklin JK, Bourge RC, Barr ML, Pitts DG, Starling RC, and the Cardiac Transplant Research Database Group: Influence of HLA mismatch on rejection after cardiac transplantation: a multi-institutional study. J Heart Lung Transplant 1994, 13:583-596.
8. Kubo SH, Naftel DC, Mills RC, O'Donnell J, Rodeheffer RJ, Cintron GB, Kenzora JL, Bourge RC, Kirklin JK: Risk factors for late recurrent rejection after cardiac transplantation. A multi-institutional, multivariable analysis. J Heart Lung Transplant 1995, 14:409-418.
9. Smart FW, Naftel DC, Costanzo MR, Levine TB, Pelletier GB, Yancy WY Jr, Hobbs RE, Kirklin JK, Bourge RC: Risk factors for early, cumulative, and fatal infections after heart transplantation: a multi-institutional study. J Heart Lung Transplant 1996, 15:329-341.
10. Kirklin JK, Naftel DC, Levine TB, Bourge RC, Pelletier GB, O'Donnell J, Miller LW, Pritzker MR, and the Cardiac Transplant Research Database Group: Cytomegalovirus after heart transplantation: risk factors for infection and mortality: a multi-institutional study. J Heart Lung Transplant 1994, 13:394-404.
11. Bourge RC, Naftel DC, Kirklin JK, Spears J, Kobashigawa JA, Young JB, Jarcho J, Kubo S, Smart F, and the Cardiac Transplant Research Database (CTRD) Group: Computerization of the application of parametric multivariable risk factor analyses to estimate the risk of events after cardiac transplantation. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995, 328A.
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13. Brozena SC, Johnson MR, Ventura H, Hobbs R, Miller L, Olivari MR, Clemson B, Bourge RC, Quigg R, Mills R, et al. for the Cardiac Transplant Research Database Group: Effectiveness and safety of diltiazem or lisinopril in treatment of hypertension after cardiac transplantation: results of a prospective, randomized, multi-center trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 1996, 27:1707-1712.