Sudden, unexpected death in cardiac transplant recipients: An autopsy study

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 683-689

  Chantranuwat, Chavit ^a   Blakey, John D ^b   Kobashigawa, Jon A ^b   Moriguchi, Jaime D ^b   Laks, Hillel ^b   Vassilakis, Maria Espejo ^b   Fishbein, Michael C ^b,c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Dept of Pathol and Lab Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART GRAFT; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1642388217     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(03)00295-X     Document Type: Article

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