Indications for heart transplantation
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Indications for Heart Transplantation in Pediatric Heart Disease
Background—Since the initial utilization of heart transplantation as therapy for end-stage pediatric heart disease, improvements have occurred in outcomes with heart transplantation and surgical therapies for congenital heart disease along with the application of medical therapies to pediatric heart failure that have improved outcomes in adults. These events justify a reevaluation of the indica...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cor et Vasa
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0010-8650,1803-7712
DOI: 10.33678/cor.2008.044