Molecular Testing for Long-term Rejection Surveillance in Heart Transplant Recipients: Design of the Invasive Monitoring Attenuation Through Gene Expression (IMAGE) Trial

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 808-814

  Pham, Michael X ^a,b   Deng, Mario C ^c   Kfoury, Abdallah G ^d   Teuteberg, Jeffrey J ^e   Starling, Randall C ^f   Valantine, Hannah ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART GRAFT; INVASIVE MONITORING ATTENUATION THROUGH GENE EXPRESSION TRIAL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MYOCARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34547621475     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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