The International Heart Transplant Survival Algorithm (IHTSA): a new model to improve organ sharing and survival.

Heart transplantation is life saving for patients with end-stage heart disease. However, a number of factors influence how well recipients and donor organs tolerate this procedure. The main objective of this study was to develop and validate a flexible risk model for prediction of survival after hea...

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Main Authors: Johan Nilsson, Mattias Ohlsson, Peter Höglund, Björn Ekmehag, Bansi Koul, Bodil Andersson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4356583?pdf=render