Reducing coronary artery disease events in liver transplant patients: Moving toward identifying the vulnerable patient

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1691-1693

  Appleton, Christopher P ^a   Hurst, R Todd ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ADULT; AGE; AGED; LIVER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58249090571     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21660     Document Type: Editorial

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