Donor Age Is Associated With Chronic Allograft Vasculopathy After Adult Heart Transplantation: Implications for Donor Allocation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 168-175

  Nagji, Alykhan S ^a   Hranjec, Tjasa ^a   Swenson, Brian R ^a   Kern, John A ^a   Bergin, James D ^a   Jones, David R ^a   Kron, Irving L ^a   Lau, Christine L ^a   Ailawadi, Gorav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VASCULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953578206     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.043     Document Type: Article

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