Extramediastinal surgical problems in heart transplant recipients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 380-388

  Mueller, Xavier M ^a   Tevaearai, Hendrick T ^a   Stumpe, Frank ^a   Hurni, Michel ^a   Ruchat, Patrick ^a   Seydoux, Charles ^a   Goy, Jean Jacques ^a   Von Segesser, Ludwig K ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL RISK; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0032829916     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(99)00165-9     Document Type: Article

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