Outcomes with an alternate list strategy for heart transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1781-1786

  Felker, G Michael ^a,b   Milano, Carmelo A ^a   Yager, Jonathan E E ^a   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a   Blue, Laura ^a   Higginbotham, Michael B ^a   Lodge, Andrew J ^a   Russell, Stuart D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 27844538934     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.03.014     Document Type: Article

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