An analysis of the effect of age on survival after heart transplant

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 668-674

  Borkon, A Michael ^a   Muehlebach, Gregory F ^a   Jones, Philip G ^a   Bresnahan Jr , Dennis R ^a   Genton, Randall E ^a   Gorton, Michael E ^a   Long, Nancy D ^a   Magalski, Anthony ^a   Porter, Charles B ^a   Reed, William A ^a   Rowe, Steven K ^a  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032772491     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(99)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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