Outcomes following infant listing for cardiac transplantation: The impact of strategies introduced to counteract limited donor availability

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 883-887

  Irving, Claire ^a   Parry, G ^a   Cassidy, J ^a   Hasan, A ^a   Griselli, M ^a   Kirk, R ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 78349301923     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.171348     Document Type: Article

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