Donor cause of death and medium-term survival after heart transplantation: A United Kingdom national study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1153-1159

  Ganesh, J Saravana ^a   Rogers, Chris A ^a   Banner, Nicholas R ^a   Bonser, Robert S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART SIZE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFECTION; INJURY; ISCHEMIA; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECIPIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME; TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 18244364115     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.09.029     Document Type: Article

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