Assessment of the appropriateness of the decision of heart transplantation in idiopathic-dilated cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 746-750

  Martí, Vicens ^b   Ballester, Manel ^a   Marrugat, Jaume ^b   Augè, Josep M ^b   Padró, Josep M ^b   Narula, Jagat ^b   Caralps, Josep M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART INDEX; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031572170     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00507-9     Document Type: Article

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