Comparison of survival by allocation to medical therapy, surgery, or heart transplantation for ischemic advanced heart failure

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 983-989

  Lim, Eric ^a   Ali, Ziad ^a   Ali, Ayyaz ^a   Motalleb Zadeh, Reza ^a   Jackson, Christopher ^b   Seok, Ling Ong ^a   Halstead, James ^a   Sharples, Linda ^b   Parameshwar, Jayan ^a   Wallwork, John ^a   Large, Stephen R ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 23744447353     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.05.027     Document Type: Article

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