Outcomes in cardiac transplant recipients using allografts from older donors versus mortality on the transplant waiting list: Implications for donor selection criteria

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1553-1561

  Lietz, Katherine ^a   John, Ranjit ^a,b   Mancini, Donna M ^a   Edwards, Niloo M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Milstein Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD; cerebrovascular accident; CI; confidence interval; coronary artery disease; CVA; HLA; human leukocyte antigen; left ventricular assist device; LVAD; relative risk; RR; TCAD; transplant related coronary artery disease; United Network of Organ Sharing; UNOS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342432984     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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