Successful combined liver-heart transplantation in adults: Report of three patients and review of the literature

Transplantation

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1423-1427

  Befeler, Alex S ^a   Schiano, Thomas D ^a   Lissoos, Trevor W ^a   Conjeevaram, Hari S ^a   Anderson, Allen S ^a   Millis, J Michael ^a   Albertucci, Mario ^a   Baker, Alfred L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033571553     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199911150-00034     Document Type: Article

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