Gender-based analysis of outcome after heart transplantation.
Summary of "Gender-based analysis of outcome after heart transplantation."
Gender differences between donors and recipients might have an effect on outcome after heart transplantation. Literature and registries reveal controversial results. We reviewed 1000 heart transplantations at our center focusing on the influence of gender differences on short- and long-term outcome after heart transplantation.
Affiliation
From the Department for Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation
ISSN: 2146-8427
Pages: 368-74
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22845767
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Gender Identity
A person's concept of self as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent, based in part on physical characteristics, parental responses, and psychological and social pressures. It is the internal experience of gender role.
Activation Analysis
A method of chemical analysis based on the detection of characteristic radionuclides following a nuclear bombardment. It is also known as radioactivity analysis. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
General Practice
Patient-based medical care provided across age and gender or specialty boundaries.
Heart Transplantation
The transference of a heart from one human or animal to another.
Heart-lung Transplantation
The simultaneous, or near simultaneous, transference of heart and lungs from one human or animal to another.
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