Regression of a Donor Atheroma After Cardiac Transplantation
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Regression of a donor atheroma after cardiac transplantation: serial observations with intravascular ultrasound.
A42-year-old man received a cardiac transplantation in October 1995 for dilated cardiomyopathy. He had no history of hyperlipidemia or coronary artery disease. The heart donor was a 41-year-old woman with a history of hypertension. The first intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) study was obtained 14 days after cardiac transplantation, and the last follow-up examination was performed 5 years later. F...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/hc4801.098266