Heart transplantation in Japan: A critical appraisal for the results and future prospects

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 639-644

  Kitamura, Soichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bicaval Anastomosis; Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy; Early And Late Survival; Heart Transplantation; Left Ventricular Assist Device

Indexed keywords

EVEROLIMUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DONOR SELECTION; DRUG MECHANISM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART PRESERVATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869122134     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: 18636713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-012-0110-7     Document Type: Review

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