Should patients 60 years and older undergo bridge to transplantation with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2017-2024

  Allen, Jeremiah G ^a   Kilic, Arman ^a   Weiss, Eric S ^a   Arnaoutakis, George J ^a   George, Timothy J ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^a   Conte, John V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIDGE TO TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAUSE OF DEATH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84870043156     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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