title: Does preexisting elevated pulmonary vascular resistance (transpulmonary gradient > 15 mm Hg or > 5 wood) predict early and long-term results after orthotopic heart transplantation?
authors.affiliation: Heart Center North Rhine-Westphalia, University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tenderich
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Koerner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stuettgen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hornik
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mirow
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morshuis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mannebach
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koerfer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000401:mortality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014655:Vascular Resistance