Donor-Recipient Race Mismatch and Graft Survival After Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 204-210

  Kanter, Kirk R ^a   Berg, Alexandria M ^a   Mahle, William T ^a   Vincent, Robert N ^a   Kilgo, Patrick D ^b   Kogon, Brian E ^a   Kirshbom, Paul M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SELECTION; ETHNICITY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DONOR SELECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57649174281     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.074     Document Type: Article

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