Letter by Hiemann et al regarding article, "assessment of microcirculatory remodeling with intracoronary flow velocity and pressure measurements: Validation with endomyocardial sampling in cardiac allografts"

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Hiemann, Nicola E ^a   Meyer, Rudolf ^a   Wellnhofer, Ernst ^b  

^a Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery ^*  (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROCIRCULATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77955131398     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.934091     Document Type: Letter

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