Development of a quantitative donor risk index to predict short-term mortality in orthotopic heart transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 266-273

  Weiss, Eric S ^a   Allen, Jeremiah G ^b   Kilic, Arman ^b   Russell, Stuart D ^b   Baumgartner, William A ^b   Conte, John V ^b   Shah, Ashish S ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

database analysis; organ donor; orthotopic heart transplantation; outcomes; risk analysis; UNOS

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84857064902     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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