Impact of donor quality on outcome of heart transplantation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 788-794

  Forni, Alberto ^a   Luciani, Giovanni Battista ^a   Chiominto, Bartolomeo ^a   Pilati, Mara ^a   Mazzucco, Alessandro ^a   Faggian, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Cardiac donor recipient; Chronic rejection; Heart transplantation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DONOR; DONOR QUALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DONOR SELECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649327968     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.03.042     Document Type: Article

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