Role of noninvasive imaging in the diagnosis of cardiac allograft vasculopathy

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 583-593

  Miller, Christopher A ^a   Chowdhary, Saqib ^a   Ray, Simon G ^a   Sarma, Jaydeep ^a   Williams, Simon G ^a   Yonan, Nizar ^a   Mittal, Tarun K ^b   Schmitt, Matthias ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac computed tomography; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Echocardiography; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Transplant vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GRAFT REJECTION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 80555156703     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.110.961425     Document Type: Article

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