Severe right heart failure after heart transplantation. A single-center experience

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 326-332

  Klima, Uwe ^a   Ringes Lichtenberg, Stefanie ^a   Warnecke, Gregor ^a   Lichtenberg, Artur ^a   Strüber, Martin ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Heart transplantation; Right heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20844452731     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.00059.x     Document Type: Review

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