Heterotopic heart transplant combined with postoperative sildenafil use for the treatment of restrictive cardiomyopathy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1505-1507

  Al Khaldi, Abdulaziz ^a   Reitz, Bruce A ^a,b   Zhu, Henry ^a   Rosenthal, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, RESTRICTIVE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; PIPERAZINES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33645369683     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.02.069     Document Type: Article

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