Multislice CT in Graft Vascular Disease. A Pilot Study

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2563-2565

  Moro, J ^a   Almenar, L ^a   Igual, B ^b   Martinez Dolz L ^a   Sanchez E ^a   Martin J ^b   Andres L ^a   Cano, O ^a   Chamorro, C ^a   Sanchez I ^a   Salvador, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b Hospital General Universitario Avda   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33750627147     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.08.025     Document Type: Article

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