The impact of gender on heart transplantation outcomes: A single center experience

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 419-423

  De Santo, Luca Salvatore ^a   Marra, Claudio ^a   De Feo, Marisa ^a   Amarelli, Cristiano ^a   Romano, Gianpaolo ^a   Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Rejection; Sex; Survival

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CELSIOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; DOBUTAMINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; NORADRENALIN; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT PRESERVATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN SIZE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036657767     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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