Ventricular-vascular uncoupling increases expression of B-type natriuretic peptide in heart transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3149-3151

  Mehra, Mandeep R ^a,b   Milani, R V ^a   Richie, M B ^a   Uber, P A ^a   Park, M H ^a   Ventura, H O ^a   Scott, R L ^a   Lavie, C J ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Cardiomyopathy and Heart Transplantation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; GENETICS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 21244436446     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.10.073     Document Type: Article

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