Factors associated with in-hospital mortality in infants undergoing heart transplantation in the United States

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 531-536.e1

  Gandhi, Rupali ^a   Almond, Christopher ^a,b   Singh, Tajinder P ^a,b   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a,c   Piercey, Gary ^a   Thiagarajan, Ravi R ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIALYSIS; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR;

EID: 78751482911     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.025     Document Type: Article

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