Prolonged cardiac allograft ischemic time - No impact on long-term survival but at what cost?

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-329

  Marasco, Silvana F ^a,d   Esmore, Donald S ^a   Richardson, Meroula ^c   Bailey, Michael ^b   Negri, Justin ^a   Rowland, Michael ^a   Kaye, David ^c   Bergin, Peter J ^c  

^a The Alfred   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c The Alfred ^*  (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heart; Mechanical assist device; Transplant

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BED REST; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VICTORIA;

EID: 34248193864     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2007.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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