The influence of preoperative use of ventricular assist devices on survival after heart transplantation: Propensity score matched analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7742, 2010, Pages 354-

  Shuhaiber, Jeffrey H ^a   Hur, Kwan ^b,c   Gibbons, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76649128426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c392     Document Type: Article

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