Double-helical CT as a new tool for tracking of allograft atherosclerosis in heart transplant recipients

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 485-488

  Shemesh, Joseph ^a   Tenenbaum, Alexander ^b   Stroh, Chaim I ^b   Apter, Sara ^b   Har Zahav, Yedael ^b   Fisman, Enrique Z ^b   Itzchak, Yacov ^b   Motro, Michael ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Spiral CT; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033046421     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199907000-00007     Document Type: Article

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