Survival After Single Versus Bilateral Lung Transplantation for High-Risk Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1616-1626

  Weiss, Eric S ^a   Allen, Jeremiah G ^a   Merlo, Christian A ^a   Conte, John V ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70449730804     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.044     Document Type: Article

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