Long-term survival after cardiac retransplantation: A twenty-year single-center experience

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 543-555

  John, R ^a   Chen, J M ^a   Weinberg, A ^a   Oz, M C ^a   Mancini, D ^a   Itescu, S ^a   Galantowicz, M E ^a   Smith, C R ^a   Rose, E A ^a   Edwards, N M ^a   Baumgartner, W A ^a   Emery, R W ^a  

^a Milstein Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; OKT 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033011820     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(99)70334-X     Document Type: Article

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