Changing Patterns of Bridging to Heart Transplantation in Children

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-254

  Cassidy, Jane ^a   Haynes, Simon ^a   Kirk, Richard ^a   Crossland, David ^a   Smith, Jonathan Hayden ^a   Hamilton, Leslie ^a   Griselli, Massimo ^a   Hasan, Asif ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 61749094148     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.11.912     Document Type: Article

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