Impact of recipient's age on heart transplantation outcome

The shortage of donor hearts stimulates the debate whether heart transplantation is justified for older recipients. We studied the effect of recipient's age on heart transplantation outcome in a large cohort of recipients. Between March 1989 and December 2004, 1262 adult recipients underwent he...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery Jg. 85; H. 6; S. 2051
Hauptverfasser:	Tjang, Yanto Sandy, van der Heijden, Geert J M G, Tenderich, Gero, Körfer, Reiner, Grobbee, Diederick E
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Netherlands 01.06.2008
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - mortality Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - surgery Cause of Death Cohort Studies Female Follow-Up Studies Graft Rejection - mortality Heart Transplantation - mortality Humans Male Middle Aged Multiple Organ Failure - mortality Myocardial Ischemia - mortality Myocardial Ischemia - surgery Postoperative Complications - mortality Proportional Hazards Models Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - mortality
ISSN:	1552-6259, 1552-6259
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