Volumetric remodeling of the proximal left coronary artery: Early versus late after heart transplantation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 197-203

  Pethig, Klaus ^a   Heublein, Bernd ^a   Meliss, Rolf R ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0033165781     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00159-X     Document Type: Article

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