Surviving 20 years after heart transplantation: A success story

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 499-504

  Rodriguez Cetina Biefer, Hector ^a   Sündermann, Simon H ^a   Emmert, Maximilian Y ^a   Enseleit, Frank ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^b   Ruschitzka, Frank ^a   Jacobs, Stephan ^a   Lachat, Mario L ^a   Falk, Volkmar ^a   Wilhelm, Markus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; YOUNG ADULT;

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893415137     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.08.040     Document Type: Article

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