Do donor characteristics really matter? Short- and long-term impact of donor characteristics on recipient survival, 1995-1999

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 608-610

  Chen, Jonathan M ^a,b   Sinha, Prashant ^a   Rajasinghe, Hiranya A ^a   Suratwala, Sanjeev J ^a   McCue, Jonathan D ^a   McCarty, Matthew J ^a   Caliste, Xzabia ^a   Hauff, Helen M ^a   John, Ranjit ^a   Edwards, Niloo M ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART GRAFT; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RESUSCITATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036253018     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(01)00367-9     Document Type: Article

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