Post-heart transplant survival is inferior at low-volume centers across all risk strata

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 11 SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Russo, Mark J ^a,b   Iribarne, Alexander ^a,b   Easterwood, Rachel ^a   Ibrahimiye, Ali N ^a   Davies, Ryan ^a   Hong, Kimberly N ^b   Ascheim, Deborah D ^b   Gelijns, Annetine C ^b   Naka, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

heart transplantation; hospital volume; outcomes; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957242935     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.926659     Document Type: Article

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