Changes in myocardial electrical impedance in human heart graft rejection

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 594-600

  Cinca, Juan ^a   Ramos, Juan ^b   Garcia, Miguel A ^b   Bragos, Ramon ^b   Bayés Genís, Antoni ^a   Salazar, Yolocuauhtli ^b   Bordes, Ramon ^a   Mirabet, Sonia ^a   Padró, Josep M ^a   Picart, Joan Garcia ^a   Viñolas, Xavier ^a   Rosell Ferrer, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catheters; Rejection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44649197732     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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