Should heart transplantation be considered as a treatment option for patients aged 70 years and older?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004 Jun;127(6):1817-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.12.035.
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Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aging / physiology*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Graft Rejection
  • Graft Survival
  • Heart Transplantation / methods
  • Heart Transplantation / mortality*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Selection*
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
  • Probability
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Survival Analysis