First two decades of paediatric heart transplantation in Sweden - Outcome of listing and post-transplant results

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1442-1447

  Gilljam, Thomas ^a,b   Higgins, Thomas ^c   Bennhagen, Rolf ^c   Wãhlander, Hãkan ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complications; Heart transplantation; Paediatric cardiology; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 80054019469     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02377.x     Document Type: Article

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