Survival Is Not Compromised in Donor Hearts with Echocardiographic Abnormalities

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-144

  Sopko, Nikolai ^b   Shea, Kenneth J ^b   Ludrosky, Kristen ^a   Smedira, Nicholas ^a   Hoercher, Katherine ^a   Taylor, David O ^a   Starling, Randall C ^a   Gonzalez Stawinski, Gonzalo V ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

echo abnormalities; heart; outcomes; transplantation

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 35248833748     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.04.026     Document Type: Article

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