Prognostic value of contractile response during high-dose dipyridamole echocardiography test in heart transplant recipients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 526-532

  Ciliberto, Guglielma Rita ^a   Parodi, Oberdan ^a   Cataldo, Gabriella ^a   Mangiavacchi, Maurizio ^a   Alberti, Antonia ^a   Parolini, Marina ^a   Frigerio, Maria ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0037991431     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(02)01238-X     Document Type: Article

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