Usefulness of von Willebrand Factor in Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: Preliminary Experience

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2566-2568

  Chamorro, C I ^a   Almenar, L ^a   Martinez Dolz L ^a   Reganon, E ^a   Sanchez Lacuesta E ^a   Villa, P ^a   Ten, F ^a   Andres L ^a   Martinez Sales V ^a   Salvador, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VASCULAR DISEASES; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 33750605906     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.08.026     Document Type: Article

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