Coronary flow velocity pattern and coronary flow reserve by contrast-enhanced transthoracic echocardiography predict long-term outcome in heart transplantation.

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Published in Circulation on July 04, 2006

Authors

Francesco Tona1, Alida L P Caforio, Roberta Montisci, Antonio Gambino, Annalisa Angelini, Massimo Ruscazio, Giuseppe Toscano, Giuseppe Feltrin, Angelo Ramondo, Gino Gerosa, Sabino Iliceto

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology , University of Padova, Padova, Italy. francescotona@hotmail.com

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