How old is too old for heart transplantation?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-103

  Fonarow, Gregg C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034052761     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-200003000-00006     Document Type: Review

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