Long-term Outcomes of Cardiac Transplantation for Peri-partum Cardiomyopathy: A Multiinstitutional Analysis

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1097-1104

  Rasmusson, Kismet D ^a   Stehlik, Josef ^b   Brown, Robert N ^c   Renlund, Dale G ^a   Wagoner, Lynne E ^d   Torre Amione, Guillermo ^e   Folsom, Jan W ^a   Silber, David H ^f   Kirklin, James K ^c  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REGISTRIES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 36049025547     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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