The cardiac evaluation of liver transplant recipients: A single center's experience

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 162-167

  Bayraktar, Y ^a   Bayraktar, M ^a   Demaria, N ^a   Colantoni, A ^a   Van Thiel, D H ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular dysfunctions; Liver transplantion

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECIPIENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031393267     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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