Cardiac MRI in the isolated porcine heart reveals possible etiology of sudden right heart failure following heart transplantation

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 493-496

  Rivard, Andrew L ^a   Swingen, Cory M ^a   Gallegos, Robert P ^b   Bianco, Richard W ^b   Jerosch Herold, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air embolus; Donor heart; Graft failure; Magnetic resonance imaging; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

AIR EMBOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART PERFUSION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PULMONARY VEIN; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 14944386581     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-004-1690-9     Document Type: Article

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