Donors' characteristics and impact on outcomes in pediatric heart transplant recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 774-781

  Conway, Jennifer ^a   Chin, Clifford ^b   Kemna, Mariska ^c   Burch, Michael ^d   Barnes, Aliessa ^e   Tresler, Margaret ^f   Scheel, Janet N ^g   Naftel, David C ^f   Beddow, Kimberly ^h   Allain Rooney, Tina ^a   Dipchand, Anne I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian   (United States)

Author keywords

donor characteristics; graft survival; heart transplant; ischemic time; pediatric heart transplant; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; GLUCAGON; THYROID HORMONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

DONOR CHARACTERISTICS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANT; ISCHEMIC TIME; PEDIATRIC HEART TRANSPLANT; PEDIATRICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886953526     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/petr.12149     Document Type: Article

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