Antithymocyte globulin induction therapy for adult heart transplantation: A UK national study

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 770-777

  Emin, Akan ^a   Rogers, Chris A ^a,b   Thekkudan, Joyce ^c   Bonser, Robert S ^a,c,e   Banner, Nicholas R ^a,d,f  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antithymocyte globulin; ATG; heart transplantation; HTx; induction therapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HETEROTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959205026     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.01.716     Document Type: Article

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