Cardiology
Research Reports on Cardiology from Department of Cardiology Provide New Insights
Published in Blood Weekly, February 2nd, 2012
2012 FEB 2 -- "We aimed to evaluate the influence of size disparity of the transplanted heart on cardiac growth in infant and child recipients by comparing donor body surface area (BSA) and cardiac dimensions during transplantation to the corresponding parameters of the recipient over a period of time. A retrospective review of medical and echocardiographic records of 147 children (5.3 +/- 4.0; median, 4.1; range, 1 month-15 years) who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation was done," investigators in Berlin, Germany report.
"The patients were divided into age groups as follows: less than 1 year (n = 23), 1 to 2 years (n = 26), more than 2 to 5 years (n...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2012-02-02)
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