Transforming growth factor beta and myocardial dysfunction following heart transplantation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 177-186

  Aziz, Tarek ^a,b   Saad, Rasheed A ^a   Burgess, Malcolm ^a   Yonan, Nizar ^a   Hasleton, Philip ^a   Hutchinson, Ian V ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart transplantation; Left ventricular dysfunction; Transforming growth factor beta

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOKINE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEROID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SURVIVAL;

BIOPSY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034971335     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)00719-9     Document Type: Article

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