A cost comparison of heart transplantation versus alternative operations for cardiomyopathy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1298-1305

  Cope, Jeffrey T ^a   Kaza, Aditya K ^a   Reade, Clifton C ^a   Shockey, Kimberly S ^a   Kern, John A ^a   Tribble, Curtis G ^a   Kron, Irving L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034774099     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02997-6     Document Type: Article

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