The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 389-410 , April 2003

How to improve organ donation: results of the ISHLT/FACT poll

  • Mehmet C Oz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mehmet C. Oz, MD, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, 177 Fort Washington Avenue, MHG-7GN-435, New York, New York, USA 10032. Telephone: 212-305-4434. Fax: 212-305-2439.
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  • Aftab R Kherani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
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  • Amanda Rowe, BA

      Affiliations

    • International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Dallas, Texas, USA
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  • Leo Roels, CPTC

      Affiliations

    • Donor Action Foundation, Linden, Belgium
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  • Chauncey Crandall, MD

      Affiliations

    • Palm Beach Cardiovascular, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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  • Luis Tomatis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Affairs, Richard M. DeVos Family, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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  • James B Young, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Received 11 December 2002 ,Revised 31 January 2003 ,Accepted 10 February 2003.

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☆ This study was supported in part by the Foundation for the Advancement of Cardiac Therapies (FACT).

PII: S1053-2498(03)00074-3

doi: 10.1016/S1053-2498(03)00074-3

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 389-410 , April 2003

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