Evaluating the donor pool: Impact of using hearts from donors over the age of 49 years

Transplant International

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Mercer, P ^a   Sharples, L ^a   Edmunds, J ^a   Gittins, R ^a   Baines, J ^a   Wallwork, J ^a   Large, S ^a   Parameshwar, J ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Donor; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0031614199     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1998.tb01174.x     Document Type: Review

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