Iatrogenic Coronary Fistula in Post Transplant Patients: Pathogenesis, Clinical Features and Therapy

Journal of Clinical and Basic Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 19-21

  Gasser, S ^a   Gasser, Robert ^a,b   Bareza, N ^a   Klein, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coil embolisation; Coronary fistula; Heart; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAGING;

EID: 0346123150     PISSN: 15612775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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