Survival of Primary and Repeat Lung Transplantation in the United States

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 261-266

  Shuhaiber, Jeffrey H ^a   Kim, Jong Bae ^b   Hur, Kwan ^b,c   Gibbons, Robert D ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649144027     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.031     Document Type: Article

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