Cardiac transplantation in severely ill patients
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Cardiac transplantation in severely ill patients requiring intensive support in hospital.
Sixty four patients were referred for cardiac transplantation from a single cardiac team at this hospital between October 1984 and December 1986. Of these patients, 33 were referred for urgent transplantation, all of whom required intensive treatment in hospital with intravenous infusions of cardiac drugs, intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation, peritoneal dialysis, ventilation, or any combinati...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1327