Considerations for patients awaiting heart transplantation

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Supplement

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Smits, J M ^a   Rahmel, A ^a   Laufer, G ^b   Meiser, B ^c  

^a EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Heart and lung transplantation; Heart disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DONOR SELECTION; GERMANY; HEART DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 76149090219     PISSN: 09464778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1240655     Document Type: Article

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