Improved Outcomes for Women on the Heart Transplant Wait List in the Modern Era

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 555-560

  Morris, Alanna A ^a,b   Cole, Robert T ^a   Laskar, S Raja ^a   Kalogeropoulos, Andreas ^a   Vega, J David ^a,b   Smith, Andrew ^a   Butler, Javed ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

heart transplant; Sex; ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH; DEVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84943581855     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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