Higher Rate of Comorbidities After Cardiac Retransplantation Contributes to Decreased Survival

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1072-1074

  Tsao, Lana ^a   Uriel, Nir ^a   Leitz, Katherine ^a   Naka, Yoshifuma ^a   Mancini, Donna ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70349231235     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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