Utility of virtual crossmatch in sensitized patients awaiting heart transplantation.

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Published in J Heart Lung Transplant on September 26, 2009

Authors

Josef Stehlik1, Nauman Islam, Denise Hurst, Abdallah G Kfoury, Matthew A Movsesian, Ann Fuller, Julio C Delgado, M Elizabeth H Hammond, Edward M Gilbert, Dale G Renlund, Feras Bader, Patrick W Fisher, David A Bull, Arun K Singhal, David D Eckels

Author Affiliations

1: U.T.A.H. Cardiac Transplant Program, University of Utah Hospital, and VA Salt Lake City Health Care System-Cardiology Section, 500 Foothill Blvd., Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA. josef.stehlik@hsc.utah.edu

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