Prolonged donor ischemic time does not adversely affect long-term survival in adult patients undergoing cardiac transplantation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1624-1633

  Morgan, Jeffrey A ^a   John, Ranjit ^a   Weinberg, Alan D ^a   Kherani, Aftab R ^a   Colletti, Nicholas J ^a   Vigilance, Deon W ^a   Cheema, Faisal H ^a   Bisleri, Gianluigi ^a   Cosola, Thomas ^a   Mancini, Donna M ^a   Oz, Mehmet C ^a   Edwards, Niloo M ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 10744226524     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)01026-2     Document Type: Article

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