Electron-beam computed tomography in the assessment of coronary artery disease after heart transplantation

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2078-2082

  Knollmann, Friedrich D ^a,c   Bocksch, Wolfgang ^b   Spiegelsberger, Susanne ^b   Hetzer, Roland ^b   Felix, Roland ^a   Hummel, Manfred ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Coronary disease; Tomography; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECIPIENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0034595192     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.17.2078     Document Type: Article

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