Coronary artery fistula after heart transplantation: A disappearing entity?

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-13

  Lazar, Jason M ^a   Uretsky, Barry F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b John Sealy Hospital and John Sealy Annex   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery fistula; heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030066392     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199601)37:1<10::AID-CCD4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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