Morphologic observations in the epicardial coronary arteries and their surroundings late after cardiac transplantation (allograft vascular disease)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 814-820

  Arbustini, Eloisa ^a   Roberts, William Clifford ^b  

^a Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOMEGALY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

CARDIOMEGALY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 0030266619     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00427-4     Document Type: Editorial

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