Biopsy-induced flail tricuspid leaflet and tricuspid regurgitation following orthotopic cardiac transplantation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1339-1344

  Williams, Michael J A ^a   Lee, Myung Yong ^a   DiSalvo, Thomas G ^a   Dec, G William ^a   Picard, Michael H ^a   Palacios, Igor F ^a   Semigran, Marc J A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INDEX; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0030585715     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00202-0     Document Type: Article

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