Impact of vascular branching sites on focal progression of allograft vasculopathy in transplanted hearts

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 155-160

  Pethig, Klaus ^a   Kofidis, Theo ^a   Heublein, Bernd ^a   Westphal, Andrea ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allograft vasculopathy; Branching lesions; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CYCLOSPORIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; PRAVASTATIN; PREDNISOLONE; STATIN; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSLIPOPROTEINEMIA; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DILATATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0034898390     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(00)00763-2     Document Type: Article

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