The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 847-852 , August 2010

Temporal trends in heart transplantation from high-risk donors: Are there lessons to be learned? A multi-institutional analysis

  • Jose N. Nativi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Utah Health Science Center, U.T.A.H. Cardiac Transplant Program, and VA Salt Lake City HCS, Utah
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  • Robert N. Brown, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • David O. Taylor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Abdallah G. Kfoury, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Intermountain Medical Center, U.T.A.H. Cardiac Transplant Program, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • James K. Kirklin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Utah Health Science Center, U.T.A.H. Cardiac Transplant Program, and VA Salt Lake City HCS, Utah
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Josef Stehlik, MD, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 50 N Medical Dr, 4A100 SOM, Salt Lake City, UT 84132. Telephone: 801-582-1565 (x4543). Fax: 801-584-2532
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  • Cardiac Transplant Research Database Group

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doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.04.005

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 847-852 , August 2010

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