Chronic alcoholic donors in heart transplantation: A mortality meta-analysis

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Jul 15:191:7-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.253. Epub 2015 May 1.

Authors

Kirolos A Jacob¹, Linda M de Heer², Frederiek de Heer², Jolanda Kluin²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: k.a.jacob@umcutrecht.nl.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 25957929
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.253

No abstract available

Keywords: Alcoholic donor; Cardiac transplantation; Graft dysfunction; Mortality; Rejection.

Publication types

Letter
Meta-Analysis
Review

MeSH terms

Alcoholism / epidemiology*
Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic / epidemiology
Heart Transplantation / methods
Heart Transplantation / mortality*
Humans
Risk Factors
Tissue Donors / statistics & numerical data*