Orthotopic heart transplantation with donors greater than or equal to 60 years of age: A single-center experience

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bruschi, Giuseppe ^a   Colombo, Tiziano ^a   Oliva, Fabrizio ^a   Morici, Nuccia ^a   Botta, Luca ^a   Cannata, Aldo ^a   Frigerio, Maria ^a   Martinelli, Luigi ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Donors heart; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART CANCER; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DONOR SELECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957987127     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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