Hepatitis C-positive donors in heart transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 443-447

  Marelli, Daniel ^a   Bresson, Jessica ^a   Laks, Hillel ^a   Kubak, Bernard ^a   Fonarow, Gregg ^a   Tsai, Feng Chun ^a   Tran, Julie ^a   Weston, Shiobhan R ^a   Kobashigawa, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart donors; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORGAN DONOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0036589872     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.20508.x     Document Type: Article

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