Outcomes of simultaneous heart-kidney transplant in the US: A retrospective analysis using OPTN/UNOS data

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 844-852

  Gill, J ^a,b   Shah, T ^c   Hristea, I ^a   Chavalitdhamrong, D ^a   Anastasi, B ^a   Takemoto, S K ^c   Bunnapradist, S ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c National Institute of Transplantation Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart transplant; Kidney transplant; Outcomes; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART GRAFT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63349083217     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02588.x     Document Type: Article

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