Epicardial and microvascular graft vessel disease in children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

Volumn 93, Issue 446, 2004, Pages 70-74

  Hiemann, Nicola E ^a   Wellnhofer, E ^b   Abdul Khaliq, H ^b   Hetzer, R ^a   Meyer, R ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Dept of Cardiothorac/Vasc Surg ^*

Author keywords

Children; Graft vessel disease; Heart transplantation; Small vessel disease

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CALCIFICATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VESSEL DISEASE; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MICROVASCULATURE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PERICARDIUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 10844274735     PISSN: 08035326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035320410022668     Document Type: Conference Paper

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