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Transforming Growth Factor-Beta1 Gene Transfer is Associated with the Development of Regulatory Cells
(Munksgaard International PublishersBlackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005-10)
Geographic Variation in Organ Availability Is Responsible for Disparities in Liver Transplantation between Hispanics and Caucasians
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2009-09)
Recovery and Utilization of Deceased Donor Kidneys from Small Pediatric Donors
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007-01)
The Estimation Power of Alternative Comorbidity Indices
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2008-09)
Objective: Health-care expenditures are strongly influenced by overall illness burden. Appropriate risk adjustment is required for correct policy analysis. We compared three risk adjustment methods: the Charlson comorbidity ...
The Effects of Donor and Recipient Practices on Transplant Center Finances
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-03)
The Molecular Adsorbents Recycling System as a Liver Support System Based on Albumin Dialysis: A Summary of Preclinical Investigations, Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial, and Clinical Experience from 19 Centers
(Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 2002-02)
Artificial liver support aims to prolong survival time of patients with liver failure by detoxification. Albumin as a molecular adsorbent in dialysis solution is capable of attracting even tightly albumin-bound toxins from ...
Financial Implications of Pancreas Transplant Complications: A Business Case for Quality Improvement
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007-06)
Wound Complications and Treatment of the Infected Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Generator
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1993-12)
Since 1980, the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has evolved as effective therapy for prevention of sudden cardiac death following documented sustained ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. During ...
Evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction as a measure of pump performance in patients with chronic mitral regurgitation
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000-03)
Left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction may not adequately detect a reduction in LV systolic performance resulting from chronic mitral regurgitation (MR), due to ventricular unloading into the low-impedance left atrium. ...