Management of acute severe perioperative failure of cardiac allografts: A single-centre experience with a review of the literature

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 363-367

  Ibrahim, Moheb ^a   Hendry, Paul ^b   Masters, Roy ^b   Rubens, Fraser ^b   Lam, B Khanh ^b   Ruel, Marc ^b   Davies, Ross ^b   Haddad, Haissam ^b   Veinot, John P ^c   Mesana, Thierry ^b  

^a ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pulmonary hypertension; Rejection; Transplantation; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL HEART; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBOLISM; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34249676376     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(07)70769-9     Document Type: Article

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