Heart transplantation in patients with extreme right ventricular failure

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 457-461

  Hsu, Ron Bin ^a   Lin, Fang Yue ^a   Chou, Nai Kuan ^a   Ko, Wen Je ^a   Chi, Nai Hsin ^a   Wang, Shoei Shen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ascites; Heart transplantation; Right ventricular failure

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLEEDING; CARDIAC CIRRHOSIS; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER CONGESTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 34547674712     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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