Reversal of cardiac cirrhosis following orthotopic heart transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1336-1339

  Crespo Leiro, M G ^a   Robles, O ^a   Paniagua, M J ^a   Marzoa, R ^a   Naya, C ^a   Flores, X ^b   Suarez F ^a   Gomez M ^a   Grille, Z ^a   Cuenca, J J ^a   Castro Beiras, A ^a   Arnal, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac cirrhosis; Heart transplantation reversal cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC CIRRHOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 44449111762     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02227.x     Document Type: Article

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