Outcomes in Patients Older Than 60 Years of Age Undergoing Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: An Analysis of the UNOS Database

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-191

  Weiss, Eric S ^a   Nwakanma, Lois U ^a   Patel, Nishant D ^a   Yuh, David D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRATIFICATION; STROKE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949106584     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.11.566     Document Type: Article

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