Outcome of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis undergoing cardiac transplantation-Single-center retrospective analysis

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 407-410

  Akashi, Hirokazu ^a   Kato, Tomoko S ^a   Takayama, Hiroo ^a   Naka, Yoshifumi ^a   Farr, Maryjane ^a   Mancini, Donna ^a   Schulze, P Christian ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Prognosis; Sarcoidosis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868625956     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: 18764738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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