Does use of intravascular ultrasound accelerate arteriopathy in heart transplant recipients?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 138, Issue 2 I, 1999, Pages 358-363

  Son, R ^a   Tobis, J M ^a   Yeatman, L A ^a   Johnson, J A ^a   Wener, L S ^a   Kobashigawa, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032797227     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70125-0     Document Type: Article

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