Heart allograft endothelial cell dysfunction. Cause, course, and consequences

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2000, Pages 58-62

  Weis, M ^a   Pehlivanli, S ^a   Von Scheidt, W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allograft; Endothelial dysfunction; Transplantation; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART STRESS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PREVALENCE;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE THERAPY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; ISOQUINOLINES; MICROCIRCULATION; PERICARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; RATS; STROKE VOLUME; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034439317     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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