Decreased post-transplant survival among heart transplant recipients with pre-transplant hepatitis C virus positivity

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1266-1274

  Lee, Ingi ^a   Localio, Russell ^a   Brensinger, Colleen M ^a   Blumberg, Emily A ^a   Lautenbach, Ebbing ^a   Gasink, Leanne ^a   Amorosa, Valerianna K ^a   Re III, Vincent Lo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort study; HCV; heart transplantation; mortality; outcome; survival

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD RATIO; HEART GRAFT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053998865     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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