The role of donor age and ischemic time on survival following orthotopic heart transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 310-319

  Del Rizzo, Dario F ^a   Menkis, Alan H ^a   Pflugfelder, Peter W ^a   Novick, Richard J ^a   McKenzie, F Neil ^a   Boyd, W Douglas ^a   Kostuk, William J ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032963624     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(98)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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