Trends in the Use of Inotropes to List Adult Heart Transplant Candidates at Status 1A

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Parker, William F ^a,b   Garrity, Edward R ^b   Fedson, Savitri ^a,c,d   Churpek, Matthew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adult; dobutamine; ethics; heart; policy; transplantation

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; MILRINONE; CARDIOTONIC AGENT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DRUG OVERDOSE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 85039040130     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.004483     Document Type: Review

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