Do heart transplant recipients need annual coronary angiography?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 895-897

  Sechtem, U ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TECHNETIUM; THALLIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART PERFUSION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0034930143     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2001.2660     Document Type: Editorial

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