Survival benefit from transplantation in patients listed for heart transplantation in the United States

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1169-1178

  Singh, Tajinder P ^a,b   Milliren, Carly E ^a   Almond, Christopher S ^a,b   Graham, Dionne ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; heart transplantation; risk stratification; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; FOLLOW UP; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SURVIVAL TIME;

HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; RISK STRATIFICATION; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896931735     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.11.045     Document Type: Article

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