Early endothelial dysfunction predicts the development of transplant coronary artery disease at 1 year posttransplant

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 457-462

  Davis, Stacy F ^a,b   Yeung, Alan C ^a   Meredith, Ian T ^a   Charbonneau, François ^a   Ganz, Peter ^a   Selwyn, Andrew P ^a   Anderson, Todd J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; atherosclerosis; endothelium; transplantation; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030056909     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.3.457     Document Type: Article

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