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More Donors Are Available—Why Don't We Use Them?
Author(s) -
Chinnock R. E.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.12245
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine
The authors ask the question—why are so many potential donors refused when potential pediatric heart transplant recipients have the highest pretransplant mortality rate of any solid organ transplant group? See article by Easterwood et al on page 1484.