Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 413-418 , November 2005

Creatinine Clearance and Hemoglobin Concentration Before and After Heart Transplantation

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 Supported by grants from Ministero dell’Istruzione, Università e Ricerca, Regione Campania, and the Second University of Naples to the Division of Heart Surgery and Nephrology at the Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.

PII: S0270-9295(05)00107-5

doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2005.05.012

Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 413-418 , November 2005

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