Comparison of clinical and morphologic cardiac findings in patients having cardiac transplantation for ischemic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, and dilated hypertrephic cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 884-894

  Waller, Thomas A ^a,b   Hiser, William L ^a,c   Capehart, John E ^a   Roberts, William C ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Univ of Nebraska Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0032054257     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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