Report from a forum on US heart allocation policy

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-63

  Kobashigawa, J A ^a   Johnson, M ^b   Rogers, J ^c   Vega, J D ^d   Colvin Adams, M ^e   Edwards, L ^f   Meyer, D ^g   Luu, M ^a   Reinsmoen, N ^a   Dipchand, A I ^h   Feldman, D ⁱ   Kormos, R ^j   Mancini, D ^k   Webber, S ^l  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k Department of Medicine   (United States)

^l VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE FAILURE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; POPULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRANSPLANTATION; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; RESEARCH REPORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919630679     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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