Kinetic of procalcitonin in the early postoperative course following heart transplantation

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 468-473

  Madershahian, Navid ^a   Wittwer, Thorsten ^a   Strauch, Justus ^a   Wippermann, Jens ^a   Rahmanian, Parwis ^a   Franke, Ulrich F W ^b   Wahlers, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50049107530     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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