Adult-age donors offer acceptable long-term survival to pediatric heart transplant recipients: An analysis of the United Network of Organ Sharing database

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1208-1212

  Russo, Mark J ^a,b   Davies, Ryan R ^a   Sorabella, Robert A ^a   Martens, Timothy P ^a   George, Isaac ^a   Cheema, Faisal H ^a   Mital, Seema ^a   Mosca, Ralph S ^a   Chen, Jonathan M ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33750076067     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.04.054     Document Type: Article

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