Return to work after thoracic organ transplantation in a clinically-stable population

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1112-1119

  Petrucci, Lucia ^a   Ricotti, Susanna ^a   Michelini, Ilaria ^b   Vitulo, Patrizio ^a   Oggionni, Tiberio ^a   Cascina, Alessandro ^a   D'Armini, Andrea M ^a   Goggi, Claudio ^a   Campana, Carlo ^b   Viganò, Mario ^a   Dalla Toffola, Elena ^a   Tinelli, Carmine ^b   Klersy, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Employment; Quality of life; Return to work; Thoracic organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HETEROTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 35548984866     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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