Patients' sex and emotional support as predictors of death and clinical deterioration in the waiting for a new heart study: Results from the 1-year follow-up

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-114

  Weidner, Gerdi ^a   Zahn, Daniela ^b   Mendell, Nancy R ^c   Smits, Jacqueline M A ^d   Deng, Mario C ^e   Zittermann, Armin ^f   Spaderna, Heike ^g  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^e NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AUSTRIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79961186146     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.21.2.j779w1q6k61k0jk4     Document Type: Article

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