Heart transplantation for end-stage heart failure due to cardiac sarcoidosis

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2384-2386

  Perkel, D ^a   Czer, L S C ^a   Morrissey, R P ^a   Ruzza, A ^a   Rafiei, M ^a   Awad, M ^a   Patel, J ^a   Kobashigawa, J A ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOIDOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882285677     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.02.116     Document Type: Article

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