Transplant registrants with implanted left ventricular assist devices have insufficient risk to justify elective organ procurement and transplantation network status 1A time

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-43

  Dardas, Todd ^a   Mokadam, Nahush A ^b   Pagani, Francis ^c   Aaronson, Keith ^c   Levy, Wayne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; left ventricular assist device; transplant

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK STATUS 1A TIME; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT REGISTRY; INOTROPISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84862881040     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.02.031     Document Type: Article

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