Improved Survival After Heart Transplantation in Patients With Bridge to Transplant in the Recent Era: A 17-year Single-center Experience

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 591-597

  Osaki, Satoru ^a   Edwards, Niloo M ^a   Johnson, Maryl R ^a   Velez, Mauricio ^a   Munoz, Alejandro ^a   Lozonschi, Lucian ^a   Murray, Margaret A ^a   Proebstle, Amy K ^a   Kohmoto, Takushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349157743     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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