Elevated pre-transplant pulmonary vascular resistance is not associated with mortality in children without congenital heart disease: A multicenter study

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 448-456

  Richmond, Marc E ^a   Law, Yuk M ^b   Das, Bibhuti B ^c   Everitt, Melanie D ^d   Kukreja, Manisha ^e   Naftel, David C ^e   Kemna, Mariska S ^b   Henderson, Heather T ^f   Beddows, Kimberly ^a   Fricker, F Jay ^g   Mahle, William T ^h  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^d PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; heart transplant outcome; mortality; pediatric; pulmonary vascular resistance index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART INDEX; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INFANT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; REVIEW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84925368799     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.04.021     Document Type: Article

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