The international heart transplant survival algorithm (IHTSA): A new model to improve organ sharing and survival

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Nilsson, Johan ^a   Ohlsson, Mattias ^b   Höglund, Peter ^c   Ekmehag, Björn ^a,d   Koul, Bansi ^a   Andersson, Bodil ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA PROCESSING; DONOR RISK INDEX; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT REGISTRY; INDEX FOR MORTALITY PREDICTION AFTER CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION; INTERNATIONAL HEART TRANSPLANT SURVIVAL ALGORITHM; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGAN DONOR; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK STRATIFICATION SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL TIME; ALGORITHM; HEART DISEASES; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84924385919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118644     Document Type: Article

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