Heart transplantation in pediatric age

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-71

  Milanesi, Ornella ^a   Cerutti, Alessia ^a   Biffanti, Roberta ^a   Salvadori, Sabrina ^a   Gambino, Antonio ^a   Stellin, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Immunosuppression; Pediatric cardiac transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CD3 ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDNISONE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; RAPAMYCIN; SILDENAFIL; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGENATOR; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33846563490     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000247439.89946.20     Document Type: Review

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