Results with expanded donor acceptance criteria in heart transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 953-959

  Forni, A ^a   Luciani, G B ^a   Chiominto, B ^a   Pizzuti, M ^a   Mazzucco, A ^a   Faggian, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957599675     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.01.117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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