Heart transplant patient outcomes: 5-year mean follow-up by coronary computed tomography angiography

Transplantation

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 583-588

  Rohnean, Adela ^a   Houyel, Lucile ^a   Sigal Cinqualbre, Anne ^a   To, Ngoc Tram ^a   Elfassy, Eric ^a   Paul, Jean Francois ^a  

^a CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

Author keywords

Conventional coronary angiography; Coronary allograft vasculopathy; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952195185     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182088b96     Document Type: Article

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