Acute renal failure after cardiac transplantation: A case report and review of the literature

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 461-468

  Cruz, Dinna N ^a   Perazella, Mark A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REOPERATION; REVIEW;

HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 1842299851     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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