Valve reconstruction or replacement for long-term biopsy-induced tricuspid regurgitation following heart transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Wahlers, Th ^a   Albes, J ^a   Pethig, K ^a   Oppelt, P ^a   Fieguth, H G ^a   Jurmann, M ^a   Hausen, B ^a   Demertzis, S ^a   Borst, H G ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endomyocardial biopsies; Tricuspid value failure; Valve reconstruction; Valve replacement

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DILATATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0029853654     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1996.tb01622.x     Document Type: Article

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