Fatal cardiac atherosclerosis in a child 10 years after liver transplantation: A case report and a review

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-332

  El Rassi, Issam ^a   Chehab, Ghassan ^a   Saliba, Zakhia ^a   Alawe, Abdallah ^b   Jebara, Victor ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b Central Military Hospital   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Coronary; Hypercholesterolemia; Immunosuppression; Supravalvular; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA BALLOON; AORTA SUPRAVALVULAR STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; COOLING; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COUNTERPULSATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 79960845619     PISSN: 19332874     EISSN: 18764789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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