Sirolimus-induced Alveolar Hemorrhage

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 652-657

  Khalife, Wissam I ^a   Kogoj, Polonca ^a   Kar, Biswajit ^a  

^a TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CALCITRIOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DILTIAZEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; LISINOPRIL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NICOTINIC ACID; OXYGEN; PAROXETINE; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; VASCULAR DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; SIROLIMUS;

EID: 34249289353     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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