Prognosis of patients removed from a transplant waiting list for medical improvement: Implications for organ allocation and transplantation for status 2 patients

Objectives To address the present controversy regarding optimal management of status 2 heart transplant candidates, we studied the short- and long-term fate of medically improved patients removed from our transplant waiting list to assess return of heart failure and occurrence of sudden cardiac deat...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2008-05, Vol.135 (5), p.1159-1166
Hauptverfasser: Hoercher, Katherine J., RN, Nowicki, Edward R., MD, MS, Blackstone, Eugene H., MD, Singh, Gurmeet, MD, Alster, Joan M., MS, Gonzalez-Stawinski, Gonzalo V., MD, Starling, Randall C., MD, MPH, Young, James B., MD, Smedira, Nicholas G., MD
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