Endomyocardial biopsy and selective coronary angiography are low-risk procedures in pediatric heart transplant recipients: Results of a multicenter experience

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 398-409

  Daly, Kevin P ^a   Marshall, Audrey C ^a   Vincent, Julie A ^b   Zuckerman, Warren A ^b   Hoffman, Timothy M ^c   Canter, Charles E ^d   Blume, Elizabeth D ^a   Bergersen, Lisa ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

biopsy; coronary angiography; heart transplantation; pediatrics; safety

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84858338395     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.11.019     Document Type: Article

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