Outcomes in Bicaval Versus Biatrial Techniques in Heart Transplantation: An Analysis of the UNOS Database

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-183

  Weiss, Eric S ^a   Nwakanma, Lois U ^a   Russell, Stuart B ^a   Conte, John V ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIATRIAL ANASTOMOTIC TECHNIQUE; BICAVAL ANASTOMOTIC TECHNIQUE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INDEX; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENAE CAVAE;

EID: 38949166041     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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