Coronary Flow Reserve Measurement Detects Transplant Coronary Artery Disease in Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 514-521

  Schubert, Stephan ^a   Abdul Khaliq, Hashim ^a   Wellnhofer, Ernst ^a   Hiemann, Nicola Erika ^a   Ewert, Peter ^a   Lehmkuhl, Hans Brendan ^a   Meyer, Rudolf ^a   Miera, Oliver ^a   Peters, Bjoern ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a   Berger, Felix ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MICROANGIOPATHY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADENOSINE; ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 42949138231     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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