Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 2900-2901 , September 2001

End-stage left ventricular dysfunction associated with extreme clinical right ventricular failure: contraindication for heart transplant?

  • T Ben-Gal

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department (T.B.-G., N.Z., A.S., A.B.) and Rabin Medical Center, Campus Beilinson, Petah-Tikva, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Tuvia Ben-Gal, MD, Heart-Lung Transplant Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah-Tiqva 49100, Israel
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  • G Sahar

      Affiliations

    • Heart-Lung Transplant Unit (G.S., M.B., B.V., D.A.), Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • N Zafrir

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department (T.B.-G., N.Z., A.S., A.B.) and Rabin Medical Center, Campus Beilinson, Petah-Tikva, Israel
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  • M Berman

      Affiliations

    • Heart-Lung Transplant Unit (G.S., M.B., B.V., D.A.), Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • A Sagie

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department (T.B.-G., N.Z., A.S., A.B.) and Rabin Medical Center, Campus Beilinson, Petah-Tikva, Israel
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  • B Vidne

      Affiliations

    • Heart-Lung Transplant Unit (G.S., M.B., B.V., D.A.), Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • A Battler

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Department (T.B.-G., N.Z., A.S., A.B.) and Rabin Medical Center, Campus Beilinson, Petah-Tikva, Israel
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  • D Aravot

      Affiliations

    • Heart-Lung Transplant Unit (G.S., M.B., B.V., D.A.), Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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  4. Ben Gal T, Zafrir N, Pinchas A, et al.  Transplant Proc. 2000;32:743

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Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 2900-2901 , September 2001