Lung and heart allocation in the United States

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3213-3234

  Colvin Adams, M ^a,b   Valapour, M ^a,b   Hertz, M ^a,b   Heubner, B ^a   Paulson, K ^b   Dhungel, V ^b   Skeans, M A ^a   Edwards, L ^c   Ghimire, V ^c   Waller, C ^c   Cherikh, W S ^c   Kasiske, B L ^a,b   Snyder, J J ^a,d   Israni, A K ^a,b,d  

^a MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart allograft; lung allograft; organ allocation; transplant waiting list; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84870551316     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04258.x     Document Type: Article

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