Clinical Variables Associated With the Presence of Inflammatory Infiltrates in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy Undergoing Heart Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3017-3019

  Aguero J ^a   Navarro, J ^a   Medina, M C ^a   Almenar, L ^a   Chirivella, M ^a   Martinez Dolz L ^a   Moro, J A ^a   Sanchez Lazaro I ^a   Ortiz, V ^a   Raso, R ^a   Salvador, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 55749100477     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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