Effect of Body Mass Index on Outcome in Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 718-723

  Rossano, Joseph W ^a   Grenier, Michelle A ^a   Dreyer, William J ^a   Kim, Jeffrey J ^a   Price, Jack F ^a   Jefferies, John L ^a   Smith, E O'Brian ^a   Clunie, Sarah K ^a   Moulik, Mousumi ^a   Decker, Jamie A ^a   Breinholt, John P ^a   Morales, David L S ^a   McKenzie, E Dean ^a   Towbin, Jeffrey A ^a   Denfield, Susan W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CACHEXIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347271275     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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