Impact of fixed pulmonary hypertension on postheart transplant outcomes in bridge-to-transplant patients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1253-1258

  Alba, Ana Carolina ^a   Rao, Vivek ^a   Ross, Heather J ^a   Jensen, Annette S ^b   Sander, Kaare ^b   Gustafsson, Finn ^b   Delgado, Diego H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

advanced heart failure; heart transplant; outcomes; pulmonary hypertension; ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIXED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049261405     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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