Late complications of heart transplantation: An 11-year experience

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 272-276

  Esposito, Salvatore ^a   Renzulli, Attilio ^a,b   Agozzino, Lucio ^a   Thomopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Piccolo, Marcello ^a   Maiello, Ciro ^a   Della Corte, Alessandro ^a   Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b V Monaldi Hospital ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuarial survival rate; Complications; Heart transplantation; Late mortality; Postoperative management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033505899     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03257238     Document Type: Article

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