Age limits for heart transplantation: Medical aspects

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 557-562

  Opasich, Cristina ^a   Sisti, Massimo ^a   Febo, Oreste ^b   Giorgio Riccardi, P ^a   Capomolla, Soccorso ^a   Assandri, Jole ^b   Cobelli, Franco ^a   Viganò, Mario ^a   Tavazzi, Luigi ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic heart failure; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031159876     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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