One-Year Clinical Outcome in End-Stage Heart Failure: Comparison of "high Urgent" Listing for Heart Transplantation with Mechanical Circulatory Support Implantation

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 647-652

  Sunavsky, Jakub ^a   Zittermann, Armin ^a   Oezpeker, Cenk ^a   Fujita, Buntaro ^a   Fuchs, Uwe ^a   Gummert, Jan F ^a   Schulz, Uwe ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

end stage heart failure; heart transplantation; high urgent listing; mechanical circulatory support; mortality; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DRUG ABUSE; END STAGE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84948952326     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1556816     Document Type: Article

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