Open AccessImpact of donor age on cardiac transplantation outcomes and on cardiac function
Author(s) -
Themistokles Chamogeorgakis,
S.M. Joseph,
Shelley Hall,
Gonzalo V. GonzalezStawinski,
Giovanna Saracino,
Aldo Rafael,
J.C. MacHannaford,
Ioannis K. Toumpoulis,
José Méndez,
Brian Lima
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivw172
Subject(s) - medicine , ejection fraction , inotrope , intensive care unit , heart transplantation , transplantation , incidence (geometry) , cardiology , heart failure , surgery , optics , physics
Although the impact of older donors on heart transplant outcomes has been previously published, the survival results are conflicting. We herein analyse the impact of older donors on transplant survival and myocardial function.
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