Effect of gender on bridging to transplantation and posttransplantation survival in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1193-1195

  Morgan, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Weinberg, Alan D ^a,b   Hollingsworth, Karen W ^a,b   Flannery, Margaret R ^a,b   Oz, Mehmet C ^a,b   Naka, Yoshifumi ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*

^b Milstein Hospital 7GN 435 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842453879     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00801-8     Document Type: Article

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