Competing risks for death and cardiac transplantation in children with dilated cardiomyopathy: Results from the pediatric cardiomyopathy registry

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 814-823

  Alvarez, Jorge A ^a   Orav, E John ^c   Wilkinson, James D ^a,b   Fleming, Lora E ^b   Lee, David J ^b   Sleeper, Lynn A ^d   Rusconi, Paolo G ^a   Colan, Steven D ^e   Hsu, Daphne T ^f   Canter, Charles E ^g   Webber, Steven A ^h   Cox, Gerald F ^e,i   Jefferies, John L ^j   Towbin, Jeffrey A ^k   Lipshultz, Steven E ^a,b  

^a Departments of Pediatrics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

^g ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

^j Texas Children's Hospital   (United States)

^k CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; heart failure; heart transplantation; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYOCARDITIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051917499     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.973826     Document Type: Review

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