Trends in adult heart transplantation: a national survey from the United Kingdom Cardiothoracic Transplant Audit 1995-2007

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-86

  Thekkudan, Joyce ^a,b   Rogers, Chris A ^a,c   Thomas, Helen L ^d   van der Meulen, Jan H P ^a,e   Bonser, Robert S ^a,b,f   Banner, Nicholas R ^a,g,h  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 73049107702     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.06.054     Document Type: Article

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