Clinical and Exercise Test Determinants of Survival after Cardiac Transplantation

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2000-2005

  Myers, Jonathan ^b   Geiran, Odd ^a   Simonsen, Svein ^a   Ghuyoumi, Afshin ^b   Gullestad, Lars ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; Cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Survival

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INDEX; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0242468581     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.5.2000     Document Type: Article

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