Impact of bilateral versus single lung transplantation on survival in recipients 60 years of age and older: Analysis of United Network for Organ Sharing database

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 541-547

  Nwakanma, Lois U ^a   Simpkins, Christopher E ^a   Williams, Jason A ^a   Chang, David C ^a   Borja, Marvin C ^a   Conte, John V ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING CESSATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846390309     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.09.062     Document Type: Article

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