Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in heart transplant recipients: Two radiologic patterns with a different prognosis

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1034-1040

  Muñoz, Patricia ^a,b,c   Vena, Antonio ^a   Cerón, Ines ^a   Valerio, Maricela ^a   Palomo, Jesús ^d   Guinea, Jesús ^a   Escribano, Pilar ^a   Martínez Sellés, Manuel ^d,e   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

airway invasive; angio invasive; aspergillosis heart; Aspergillus spp; invasive; pattern; transplant

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART GRAFT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS;

EID: 84923147628     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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