Survival based on patient selection for heart transplant in adults with congenital heart disease: a multi-institutional study

Int J Cardiol. 2014;172(1):e89-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.133. Epub 2014 Jan 4.

Authors

Dana Boucek¹, Anji T Yetman¹, Elizabeth Yeung², Shelley D Miyamoto², Josef Stehlik¹, Abdullah G Kfoury³, Aditya K Kaza¹, Cindy Weng¹, Melanie D Everitt⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
² Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States.
³ Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
⁴ University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States. Electronic address: Melanie.everitt@imail.org.

PMID: 24433616
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.133

No abstract available

Keywords: Adult congenital heart disease; Survival; Transplant.

Publication types

Letter
Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Cohort Studies
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
Heart Defects, Congenital / mortality*
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Heart Transplantation / mortality*
Heart Transplantation / trends
Humans
Male
Patient Selection*
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate / trends
Young Adult