Diverse morphologic manifestations of cardiac allograft vasculopathy: A pathologic study of 64 allograft hearts

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1044-1050

  Lu, Wei Hui ^a   Palatnik, Kathy ^a   Fishbein, Gregory A ^a   Lai, Chi ^a   Levi, Daniel S ^b   Perens, Gregory ^b   Alejos, Juan ^b   Kobashigawa, Jon ^c   Fishbein, Michael C ^a  

^a Division of Anatomic Pathology   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Cardiology   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

allograft arteriopathy; cardiac allograft vasculopathy; cardiac transplant arteriosclerosis; transplant coronary artery disease; transplant vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 80051474244     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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