Thoracic organ transplantation in the United States, 1995-2004

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 5 II, 2006, Pages 1188-1197

  Orens, J B ^a   Shearon, T H ^b   Freudenburger, R S ^c   Conte, J V ^a   Bhorade, S M ^d   Ardehali, A ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deceased donors; Graft survival; Heart transplantation; Heart lung transplantation; Living donors; Lung transplantation; Organ donation; Patient survival; SRTR; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DACLIZUMAB; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

CADAVER DONOR; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEATH; EMPHYSEMA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33645695590     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01274.x     Document Type: Review

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