Lessons learned from 119 consecutive cardiac transplants for pediatric and congenital heart disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1248-1255

  Jacobs, Jeffrey Phillip ^a,d   Asante Korang, Alfred ^a   O'Brien, Sean M ^b   Chai, Paul Jubeong ^a   Dadlani, Gul H ^a   Rodriguez Fazzi, Gerson L ^a   Vu, Dien ^a   McCormack, Jorge ^a   McKenna, Daniel E ^a   Boucek Jr , Robert Joseph ^c   Cooper, David S ^a   Saltiel, Albert ^a   Carapellucci, Jennifer ^a   Van Gelder, Hugh M ^a   Daicoff, George R ^a   Quintessenza, James Anthony ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Cardiac Surgical Associates Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953122918     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.10.083     Document Type: Article

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