Waiting before birth: Outcomes after fetal listing for heart transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 412-418

  Pollock BarZiv, S M ^a   McCrindle, B W ^a   West, L J ^a,b   Dipchand, A I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetal diagnosis; Heart transplantation; Outcomes; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; ORGAN DONOR; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 38149024162     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.02047.x     Document Type: Article

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