Multislice computed tomography to rule out coronary allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant patients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1262-1268

  Barthélémy, Olivier ^a   Toledano, Dan ^a   Varnous, Shaïda ^a   Fernandez, Flor ^a   Boutekadjirt, Rehda ^a   Ricci, Fabrizio ^a   Helft, Gerard ^a   Le Feuvre, Claude ^a   Gandjbakhch, Iradj ^a   Metzger, Jean Philippe ^a   Pavie, Alain ^a   Cluzel, Philippe ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

256 row computed tomography; coronary allograft vasculopathy; coronary angiography; heart transplant; multislice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84870567086     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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