Does ABO-incompatible and ABO-compatible neonatal heart transplant have equivalent survival?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1026-1033

  Saczkowski, Richard ^a   Dacey, Chris ^b   Bernier, Pierre Luc ^c  

^a ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ABO blood group system; Evidence based medicine; Heart transplantation; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SURGERY; PACEMAKER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; AGE FACTORS; BENCHMARKING; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954547367     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.229757     Document Type: Article

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