Coronary calcifications detected by computed tomography are not markers of cardiac allograft vasculopathy

Transplantation

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 493-498

  Von Ziegler, Franz ^a   Kaczmarek, Ingo ^a   Knez, Andreas ^b   Greif, Martin ^a   Rümmler, Janine ^a   Meiser, Bruno ^a   Reichart, Bruno ^a   Becker, Christoph ^a   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^a   Becker, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Department of Cardiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium score; Cardiac allograft vasculopathy; Computed tomography; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR AGE; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY CALCIUM SCORING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; ORGAN DONOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENT;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051784708     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318225281d     Document Type: Article

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