Frequency and characteristics of coronary thrombosis in the epicardial coronary arteries after cardiac transplantation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 795-800

  Arbustini, Eloisa ^a   Dal Bello, Barbara ^b   Morbini, Patrizia ^b   Grasso, Maurizia ^b   Diegoli, Marta ^b   Fasani, Roberta ^b   Pilotto, Andrea ^b   Bellini, Ornella ^b   Pellegrini, Carlo ^b   Martinelli, Luigi ^b   Campana, Carlo ^b   Gavazzi, Antonello ^b   Specchia, Giuseppe ^b   Viganò, Mario ^b   Roberts, William C ^b  

^a Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 10644276434     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00424-9     Document Type: Article

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