Long-term results of heart transplantation in patients older than 60 years

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 224-231

  Demers, Philippe ^b   Moffatt, Susan ^b   Oyer, Philip E ^b   Hunt, Sharon A ^b   Reitz, Bruce A ^b   Robbins, Robert C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0042844680     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00055-2     Document Type: Article

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