Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8618646 Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 2018 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
In patients undergoing heart transplantation, survival was related more to preoperative relative pulmonary hypertension, cardiopulmonary bypass duration, and postoperative right ventricular failure than to recipient age. Older patients should be selected for OHT carefully, taking into consideration preoperative factors other than age.
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Heart Transplantation in Patients >60 Years: Importance of Relative Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure on Midterm Survival
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