Prevalence of graft vessel disease after paediatric heart transplantation: A single centre study of 54 patients

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 434-439

  Hiemann, Nicola Erika ^a   Wellnhofer, Ernst ^a   Meyer, Rudolf ^a   Abdul Khaliq, Hashim ^a   Dandel, Michael ^a   Grauhan, Onnen ^a   Hummel, Manfred ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a   Laufer, G ^b   Radley Smith, R ^b  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Coronary angiography; Diagnosis; Endomyocardial biopsy; Heart transplantation; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 30744437417     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2004.103978     Document Type: Conference Paper

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