The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 28, Issue 12 , Pages 1335-1340 , December 2009

Outcomes of Children With Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Listed for Heart Transplant: A Multi-institutional Study

  • Steven D. Zangwill, MD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Steven D. Zangwill, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9000 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226. Telephone: 414-266-2380. Fax: 414-266-2294
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  • David Naftel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Thomas L'Ecuyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan
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  • David Rosenthal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California
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  • Blair Robinson, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • James K. Kirklin, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Gail Stendahl, RN

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  • Anne I. Dipchand, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Investigators

Received 1 April 2009 ,Revised 6 June 2009 ,Accepted 27 June 2009.

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PII: S1053-2498(09)00533-6

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.06.028

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 28, Issue 12 , Pages 1335-1340 , December 2009

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