Decline in heart transplant wait list mortality in the United States following broader regional sharing of donor hearts

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-258

  Singh, Tajinder P ^a,b   Almond, Christopher S ^a,b   Taylor, David O ^c   Graham, Dionne A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Outcomes; Risk factor; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860817967     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.111.964247     Document Type: Article

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