Morphologic Findings in Donor (Transplanted) Hearts at Necropsy Early and Late After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 217-240

  Roberts, William C ^a   Kondapalli, Nitin ^a   Guileyardo, Joseph M ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIAC ADIPOSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALLOGRAFT; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ENDOCARDIUM; FIBROSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART VENTRICLE; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFTS; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; ORGAN SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85036574058     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.10.013     Document Type: Article

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