Changes in Coronary Anatomy and Physiology After Heart Transplantation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1603-1607

  Hirohata, Atsushi ^a   Nakamura, Mamoo ^a   Waseda, Katsuhisa ^a   Honda, Yasuhiro ^a   Lee, David P ^a   Vagelos, Randall H ^a   Hunt, Sharon A ^a   Valantine, Hannah A ^a   Yock, Paul G ^a   Fitzgerald, Peter J ^a   Yeung, Alan C ^a   Fearon, William F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE COURSE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART INDEX; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 34248664701     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.01.039     Document Type: Article

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