Sudden cardiac death in cardiac transplant recipients

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 9 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Patel, Vijay S ^a   Lim, Marcy ^a   Massin, Edward K ^a   Jonsyn, Gerald P ^a   Ates, Pinar ^a   Abou Awdi, Nancy L ^a   McAllister, Hugh A ^a   Radovancevic, Branislav ^a   Frazier, O H ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; coronary disease; death, sudden; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 10244278015     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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