Long-term survival after pediatric cardiac transplantation and postoperative ECMO support

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 843-847

  Fenton, Kathleen N ^a   Webber, Steven A ^b   Danford, David A ^b   Gandhi, Sanjiv K ^b   Periera, Jayson ^b   Pigula, Frank A ^b   Tam, Vincent K H ^b   Hines, Michael H ^b  

^a Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EVALUATION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041830605     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00659-3     Document Type: Article

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