Occult and frequent transmission of atherosclerotic coronary disease with cardiac transplantation: Insights from intravascular ultrasound

Circulation

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1706-1713

  Tuzcu, E Murat ^a   Hobbs, Robert E ^a   Rincon, Gustavo ^a   Bott Silverman, Corinne ^a   De Franco, Anthony C ^a   Robinson, Killian ^a   McCarthy, Patrick M ^a   Stewart, Robert W ^a   Guyer, Skip ^a   Nissen, Steven E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary disease; transplantation; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028962267     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.91.6.1706     Document Type: Article

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