Mechanism of luminal narrowing in cardiac allograft vasculopathy: Inadequate vascular remodeling rather than intimal hyperplasia is the major predictor of coronary artery stenosis

American Heart Journal

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 628-633

  Pethig, K ^a   Heublein, B ^a   Wahlers, T ^a   Haverich, A ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031970898     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(98)70278-9     Document Type: Article

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