Magnetic resonance measurements of coronary flow reserve in heart transplant recipients: An exploratory study of the relationship to coronary angiographic findings

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 701-707

  Kennedy, Karen ^a   Dick, Alexander ^b   Drangova, Maria ^c,e   Raval, Amish ^d   Mahoney, Christopher ^a   Karlik, Stephen ^a   Pflugfelder, Peter W ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy; Cardiac Transplantation; Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance; Coronary Flow Reserve

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34250767629     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10976640701198980     Document Type: Article

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