Coronary flow reserve by transthoracic echocardiography predicts epicardial intimal thickening in cardiac allograft vasculopathy

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1677-1685

  Tona, F ^a   Osto, E ^a   Tarantini, G ^a   Gambino, A ^a   Cavallin, F ^a   Feltrin, G ^a   Montisci, R ^b   Caforio, A L P ^a   Gerosa, G ^a   Iliceto, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy; coronary flow reserve; diagnosis; follow up studies; heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77954075104     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03149.x     Document Type: Article

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