Cardiac transplant vasculopathy treated by percutaneous coronary intervention

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 321-327

  Perrotta, S ^a,d   Lentini, S ^a   Mure P ^b   Rinaldi, M ^b   D'Armini, A M ^c   Vigano M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angioplasty, transluminal, percutaneous coronary; Heart transplantation; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RESTENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; SURVIVAL; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57749094737     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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