Effects of conversion from cyclosporine to tacrolimus on left ventricular structure in cardiac allograft recipients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1969-1972

  Peura, Jennifer L ^a   Zile, Michael R ^a,b   Feldman, David S ^a   VanBakel, Adrian B ^a   McClure, Catherine ^a   Uber, Walter ^a   Haynes, Hwajoo ^a   Pereira, Naveen L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 27844461173     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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