Waiting for a thoracic transplant in Eurotransplant

Transplant International

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-66

  Smits, Jacqueline M A ^a   Vanhaecke, Johan ^b,f   Haverich, Axel ^c,f   De Vries, Erwin ^a   Roels, Leo ^d   Persijn, Guido ^a   Laufer, Gunther ^e,f  

^a EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d Donor Action Foundation   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Heart transplant; Heart lung transplant; Lung transplant; Waiting list mortality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; DONOR; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33644873231     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00234.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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