An Update on Transplantation in the Geriatric Heart Transplant Patient

Discussions of the ethics involved in allocating scarce resources often proceed without a grounding in factual experience. This study explored whether there was statistical evidence to support the use of set age limits in patient selection criteria for heart transplantation. Many transplant teams ha...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Psychosomatics (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 1997-09, Vol.38 (5), p.487-496
Hauptverfasser:	Coffman, Kathy L., Valenza, Mario, Czer, Lawrence S.C., Freimark, Dov, Aleksic, Ivan, Harasty, Deborah, Queral, Carmen, Admon, Dan, Barath, Peter, Blanche, Carlos, Trento, Alfredo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Biological and medical sciences Female Follow-Up Studies Graft Rejection - etiology Graft Rejection - mortality Heart Transplantation - mortality Heart Transplantation - psychology Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Patient Care Team Patient Selection Postoperative Complications - etiology Postoperative Complications - mortality Quality of Life Risk Factors Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Survival Analysis Treatment Outcome
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