B-Type natriuretic peptide levels late after transplant predict graft survival in pediatric heart transplant patients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 385-386

  Rossano, Joseph W ^a   Denfield, Susan W ^a   Kim, Jeffrey J ^a   Price, Jack F ^a   Jefferies, John L ^a   Decker, Jamie A ^a   Dreyer, William J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77349112172     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.06.002     Document Type: Letter

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