Long-term outcomes of patients bridged to recovery versus patients bridged to transplantation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 190-196

  Birks, Emma J ^a,b   George, Robert S ^a   Firouzi, Ashi ^c   Wright, Gavin ^c   Bahrami, Toufan ^c   Yacoub, Magdi H ^b   Khaghani, Asghar ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862626576     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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