Pediatric heart transplantation: 23-year single-center experience

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Huebler, Michael ^a   Schubert, Stephan ^a   Lehmkuhl, Hans Brendan ^a   Weng, Yuguo ^a   Miera, Oliver ^a   Alexi Meskishvili, Vladimir ^a   Berger, Felix ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

23 years; Acute rejection; Cardiac allograft vasculopathy; Heart transplantation; Pediatric; PTLD; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN A; EVEROLIMUS; FRESENIUS; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEROID; TECELAC; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954612745     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.067     Document Type: Article

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