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Editorial
. 2021 Jul;21(7):2323-2324.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.16564. Epub 2021 Mar 26.

Simultaneous heart-kidney transplant: Working together to define when one organ is not enough

Maryl R Johnson  1 , Mitra K Nadim  2
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Editorial

Simultaneous heart-kidney transplant: Working together to define when one organ is not enough

Maryl R Johnson et al. Am J Transplant. 2021 Jul.
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Keywords: clinical decision-making; editorial/personal viewpoint; ethics; ethics and public policy; guidelines; heart transplantation/cardiology; kidney transplantation/nephrology; organ allocation; organ transplantation in general; recipient selection.

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  • Consensus conference on heart-kidney transplantation.
    Kobashigawa J, Dadhania DM, Farr M, Tang WHW, Bhimaraj A, Czer L, Hall S, Haririan A, Formica RN, Patel J, Skorka R, Fedson S, Srinivas T, Testani J, Yabu JM, Cheng XS; Consensus Conference Participants. Kobashigawa J, et al. Am J Transplant. 2021 Jul;21(7):2459-2467. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16512. Epub 2021 Feb 19. Am J Transplant. 2021. PMID: 33527725

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