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Donor Heart Utilization following Cardiopulmonary Arrest and Resuscitation: Influence of Donor Characteristics and Wait Times in Transplant Regions

Background. Procurement of hearts from cardiopulmonary arrest and resuscitated (CPR) donors for transplantation is suboptimal. We studied the influences of donor factors and regional wait times on CPR donor heart utilization. Methods. From UNOS database (1998 to 2012), we identified 44,744 heart don...

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Autores principales: Quader, Mohammed, Wolfe, Luke, Katlaps, Gundars, Kasirajan, Vigneshwar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4119691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25114798
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/519401