Evoked epimyocardial electrogram for rejection diagnosis after heart transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Auer, Th ^a   Schreier, G ^b   Tscheliessnigg, K H ^a   Hutten, H ^b   Allmayr, Th ^a   Grasser, B ^a   Wasler, A ^a   Pelutschnigg, B ^a   Iberer, F ^a   Schaldach, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epimyocardial electrogram; Evoked response; Heart transplantation; Non invasive rejection diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 16144365014     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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