Donor scoring system for heart transplantation and the impact on patient survival

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-397

  Smits, Jacqueline M ^a   De Pauw, Michel ^b   De Vries, Erwin ^a   Rahmel, Axel ^a   Meiser, Bruno ^c   Laufer, Guenther ^d   Zuckermann, Andreas ^d  

^a EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

donor risk assessment; extended criteria donor hearts; heart allocation; heart donor quality score; heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART ARREST; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858332438     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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