Impact of plaque burden on compensatory enlargement of coronary arteries in cardiac allograft vasculopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-92

  Pethig, Klaus ^a   Heublein, Bernd ^b   Wahlers, Thorsten ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INTIMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0030635702     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00686-8     Document Type: Article

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