Left ventricular ejection fraction less than 40% is a useful predictor for poor patient survival in kidney transplant recipients over age 50 years.
Biesenbach
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2nd Department of Medicine, Section Nephrology, General Hospital, Linz, Austria. georg.biessenbach@akh.linz.at
Eichbauer-Sturm
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G
Janko
O
O
Schmekal
B
B
Hubmann
R
R
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*