Natural history, determinants, and clinical relevance or conduction abnormalities following orthotopic heart transplantation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-51

  Leonelli, Fabio M ^a   Dunn, J Kay ^b   Young, James B ^b   Pacifico, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0030050253     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89133-3     Document Type: Article

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