Mortality remains high for outpatient transplant candidates with prolonged (>6 months) waiting list time
Keith D. Aaronson, MD, MS* and
Donna M. Mancini, MD
* Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Division of Circulatory Physiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

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Figure 1 Survival for ALL vs. 6M groups at HUP and posttransplant survival for all patients transplanted in the United States in 1995 from the UNOS Registry. (Note: For patients in the 6M group, time 0 on the survival curve represents six months.)
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Figure 2 Survival for ALL vs. six-month groups at CPMC and posttransplant survival for all patients transplanted in the United States in 1995 from the UNOS Registry. (Note: For patients in the 6M group, time 0 on the survival curve represents six months.)
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