Marital status improves survival after orthotopic heart transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1389-1394

  Tam, Vernissia ^a   Arnaoutakis, George J ^a   George, Timothy J ^a   Russell, Stuart D ^a   Merlo, Christian A ^a,b   Conte, John V ^a   Baumgartner, William A ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; marital status; non adherence; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA BASE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRANDCHILD; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CENTER; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655149000     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.07.020     Document Type: Article

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