Clinico-pathologic findings in end-stage pediatric heart transplant grafts

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 887-891

  Perens, Gregory ^a   Li, Faqian ^b   Meier, Scott ^a   Kaur, Ravneet ^a   Alejos, Juan Carlos ^a   Fishbein, Michael ^b  

^a MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Coronary vasculopathy; Fibrosis; Heart; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RETRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349971599     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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