title: Left ventricular ejection fraction less than 40% is a useful predictor for poor patient survival in kidney transplant recipients over age 50 years.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Medicine, Section Nephrology, General Hospital, Linz, Austria. georg.biessenbach@akh.linz.at
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biesenbach
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eichbauer-Sturm
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Janko
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmekal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hubmann
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D002102:Cadaver; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology*