Minimizing infection and rejection death: Clues acquired from 19 years of multi-institutional cardiac transplantation data

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-157

  George, James F ^a   Taylor, David O ^b   Blume, Elizabeth D ^c   Kirklin, James K ^a   Naftel, David C ^a   Brown, Robert N ^a   Dipchand, Anne I ^d   McGiffin, David C ^a   Pamboukian, Salpy V ^e   Tallaj, Jos A ^e  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; children; hazard analysis; infection; outcomes; rejection

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650958062     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.08.029     Document Type: Article

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