Bicaval anastomosis reduces tricuspid regurgitation after heart transplantation

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-254

  Park, Kook Yang ^a   Park, Chul Hyun ^a   Chun, Yang Bin ^a   Shin, Mi Seung ^a   Lee, Kyung Chun ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 25844522255     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230501300313     Document Type: Article

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