Comparison of Survival in Primary and Repeat Heart Transplantation From 1987 Through 2004 in the United States

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2135-2141

  Shuhaiber, Jeffrey H ^a   Kim, Jong Bae ^b   Hur, Kwan ^b,c   Gibbons, Robert D ^b   Nemeh, Hassan W ^a   Schwartz, Jeffrey P ^a   Bakhos, Mamdouh ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATABASES; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249052887     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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