Impact of ABO-incompatible listing on wait-list outcomes among infants listed for heart transplantation in the united states: A propensity analysis

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1926-1933

  Almond, Christopher S ^a,c   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a,d   Thiagarajan, Ravi R ^a,c   Piercey, Gary E ^a   Blume, Elizabeth D ^a,c   Smoot, Leslie B ^a,c   Fynn Thompson, Francis ^a,b,c   Singh, Tajinder P ^a,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Cardiac Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital; Heart defects; Heart failure; Immunology; Pediatrics; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77951880684     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.885756     Document Type: Article

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