Coordination of cardiac transplantation: patient processing and donor organ procurement.
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As cardiac transplantation has evolved into a viable therapeutic option for some terminally ill patients with end-stage heart disease, the role of clinical transplant and donor organ procurement coordinators has evolved into a new health profession. These well-trained, highly skilled, and dedicated individual's permeate all levels of the organ transplantation process, providing continuity of care and smoothness to a complicated path of operation.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Circulation
دوره 75 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987