Time course of endothelial function in epicardial conduit coronary arteries and in the microcirculation in the long-term follow-up after cardiac transplantation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-136

  Hartmann, Andreas ^a   Mazzilli, Nora ^b   Weis, Michael ^b   Olbrich, Hans Georg ^b   Burger, Wolfram ^b   Satter, Peter ^b  

^a Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; Endothelium; Microcirculation; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIPYRIDAMOLE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ENDOTHELIUM; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRACARDIAC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; NITROGLYCERIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030063031     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(95)02510-3     Document Type: Article

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