Should UNOS status 2 patients undergo transplantation?

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 344-348

  Moazami, Nader ^a   Shah, Nirav R ^a   Ewald, Gregory A ^a   Geltman, Edward M ^a   Moorhead, Sharon L ^a   Pasque, Michael K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33846080003     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20061061     Document Type: Article

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