Frequency and impact of delayed decisions regarding heart transplantation on long-term outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 794-802

  Lewis, Eldrin F ^a,b   Tsang, Sui W ^a   Fang, James C ^a   Mudge, Gilbert H ^a   Jarcho, John A ^a   Flavell, Carol M ^a   Nohria, Anju ^a   Givertz, Michael M ^a   Couper, Gregory S ^b   Byrne, John G ^b   Stevenson, Lynne Warner ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AICD; Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Heart failure; HF; Left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEF; New York Heart Association; NYHA; Oxygen consumption; United Network for Organ Sharing; UNOS; VAD; Ventricular assist device; VO2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 10744228020     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.10.035     Document Type: Article

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