Has late rejection decreased in pediatric heart transplantation in the current era? A multi-institutional study

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 980-986

  Ameduri, Rebecca K ^a   Zheng, Jie ^b   Schechtman, Kenneth B ^b   Hoffman, Timothy M ^c   Gajarski, Robert J ^d   Chinnock, Richard ^e   Naftel, David C ^f   Kirklin, James K ^f   Dipchand, Anne I ^g   Canter, Charles E ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^h ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

late rejection; pediatric heart transplantation; vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETRANSPLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864917291     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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