Brain natriuretic peptide levels do not correlate with acute cellular rejection in de novo orthotopic heart transplant recipients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 416-420

  O'Neill, James O ^a   Mcrae III, Andrew T ^a   Troughton, Richard W ^a   Ng, Kenneth ^a   Taylor, David O ^a   Yamani, Mohammed H ^a   Young, James B ^a   Starling, Randall C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MARKER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART GRAFT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECIPIENT;

EID: 15544364037     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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