Heart transplantation in X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 476-478

  Grande, Antonino M ^a   Rinaldi, Mauro ^a   Pasquino, Stefano ^a   D'Armini, Andrea M ^a   Viganò, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DYSTROPHIN; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036702995     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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