Assessment and Characterization of Time-related Differences in Plaque Composition by Intravascular Ultrasound-derived Radiofrequency Analysis in Heart Transplant Recipients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 302-309

  König, Andreas ^a   Kilian, Eckehard ^a   Sohn, Hae Young ^a   Rieber, Johannes ^a   Schiele, Thomas Michael ^a   Siebert, Uwe ^b,c   Gothe, Raffaella M ^b   Reichart, Bruno ^a   Klauss, Volker ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND DERIVED RADIOFREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 40649085809     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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