Major advantages and critical challenge for the proposed United States heart allocation system

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 547-549

  Stevenson, Lynne Warner ^a   Kormos, Robert L ^b   Young, James B ^c   Kirklin, James K ^d   Hunt, Sharon A ^e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; heart donors; heart failure; heart transplantation; organ allocation; public policy

Indexed keywords

HEART ALLOCATION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

HEART; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84968739630     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.04.001     Document Type: Article

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