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. 2020 Oct;13(10):e005795.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.005795. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

Changes in the United States Adult Heart Allocation Policy: Challenges and Opportunities

Supriya Shore  1 , Jessica R Golbus  1 , Keith D Aaronson  1 , Brahmajee K Nallamothu  1
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Changes in the United States Adult Heart Allocation Policy: Challenges and Opportunities

Supriya Shore et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: heart transplantation; mortality; organization, nonprofit; policy; transplant.

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History of heart transplant allocation system OPTN: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; UNOS – United Network for Organ Sharing; * - details on allocation system provided in Table 1
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