Pediatric heart transplant candidates with failed donor heart allocation after eurotransplant urgency listing profit from pretransplant mechanical circulatory support bridging

Artificial Organs

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 346-351

  Komoda, Takeshi ^a   Lehmkuhl, Hans B ^a   Stiller, Brigitte ^b   Berger, Felix ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bridge to transplantation; Eurotransplant; Heart failure; Heart transplantation; Pediatric ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; HEART; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROFITABILITY;

ALLOCATION POLICIES; BRIDGE-TO-TRANSPLANTATION; EUROTRANSPLANT; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; MORTALITY RATE; PEDIATRIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

PEDIATRICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62949220017     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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