Cumulative Effect of Preoperative Risk Factors on Mortality after Pediatric Heart Transplantation.

CONCLUSIONS: In this single-center pediatric cohort, post-heart transplantation mortality could be predicted using patient-specific risk factors. The cumulative effect of these risk factors predicted mortality with high specificity.
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - April 20, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: O'Connor MJ, Glatz AC, Rossano JW, Shaddy RE, Ryan R, Ravishankar C, Fuller S, Mascio CE, Gaynor JW, Lin KY Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research