Becker's muscular dystrophy and orthotopic heart transplantation: Perioperative considerations

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-112

  Komanapalli, Christopher B ^a   Sera, Valerie ^b   Slater, Matthew S ^a   Burdette, Melodie ^b   Tripathy, Uttam ^a   Brady, Glenn ^b   Hegnell, Lars ^b   Ravichandran, Pasala S ^a   Hershberger, Ray E ^a   Song, Howard K ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION PATIENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 54749154791     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20051154     Document Type: Article

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