HLA-DR Matching Improves Survival After Heart Transplantation: Is it Time to Change Allocation Policies?

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1057-1062

  Kaczmarek, Ingo ^a   Deutsch, Marcus Andre ^a   Rohrer, Maria Elisabeth ^a   Beiras Fernandez, Andres ^a   Groetzner, Jan ^a   Daebritz, Sabine ^a   Schmoeckel, Michael ^a   Spannagl, Michael ^a   Meiser, Bruno ^a   Reichart, Bruno ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748208650     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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