Gender does matter: Gender-specific outcome analysis of 67,855 heart transplants

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-36

  Kaczmarek, Ingo ^a   Meiser, Bruno ^a   Beiras Fernandez, Andres ^b   Guethoff, Sonja ^a   Überfuhr, Peter ^a   Angele, Martin ^a   Seeland, Ute ^c   Hagl, Christian ^a   Reichart, Bruno ^a   Eifert, Sandra ^d  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

gender differences; heart transplantation; outcomes; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873088828     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1331467     Document Type: Article

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