The decline in heart transplantation in the UK

BMJ

Volumn 343, Issue 7815, 2011, Pages

  MacGowan, Guy A ^a   Parry, Gareth ^a   Schueler, Stephan ^a   Hasan, Asif ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960329349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d2483     Document Type: Editorial

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