Who needs 'bridge' to transplantation in the presence of the Eurotransplant high-urgency heart transplantation program?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1129-1133

  Kamiya, Hiroyuki ^a   Koch, Achim ^a   Sack, Falk Udo ^a   Akhyari, Payam ^a   Remppis, Andrew ^a   Dengler, Thomas J ^a   Karck, Matthias ^a   Lichtenberg, Artur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eurotransplant; Heart transplantation; Mechanical circulatory support

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; DOBUTAMINE; SODIUM;

ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 55949111339     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.05.059     Document Type: Article

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