Complications of endomyocardial biopsy after heart transplantation: A lesser evil;Complicações da biópsia endomiocárdica após transplante cardíaco. Um mal menor

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-162

  Calé, Rita ^a   Almeida, Manuel ^a   Gonçalves, Pedro ^a   Rebocho, Maria José ^a   Raposo, Luís ^a   Teles, Rui ^a   Mendes, Miguel ^a  

^a Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coronary artery fistula; Endomyocardial biopsy; Heart transplantation; Restrictive ventricular septal defect

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN;

EID: 84858284746     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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