Prevention of post-transplant cardiovascular disease - Report and recommendations of an ad hoc group

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 491-500

  Bostom, Andrew D ^a   Brown, Robert S ^a   Chavers, Blanche M ^a   Coffman, Thomas M ^a   Cosio, Fernando G ^a   Culver, Kenneth ^a   Curtis, John J ^a   Danovitch, Gabriel M ^a   Everson, Gregory T ^a   First, M Roy ^a   Garvey, Cathryn ^a   Grimm, Richard ^a   Hertz, Marshall I ^a   Hricik, Donald E ^a   Hunsicker, Lawrence G ^a   Ibrahim, Hassan ^a   Kasiske, Bertram L ^a   Kennedy, Melissa ^a   Klag, Michael ^a   Knatterud, Mary E ^a   Kobashigawa, Jon ^a   Lake, John R ^a   Light, Jimmy A ^a   Matas, Arthur J ^a   McDiarmid, Sue V ^a   Miller, Leslie W ^a   Payne, William D ^a   Rosenson, Robert ^a   Sutherland, David E R ^a   Tejani, Amir ^a   Textor, Stephen ^a   Valantine, Hannah A ^a   Wiesner, Russell H ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; VITAMIN;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0036664217     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.20602.x     Document Type: Article

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