The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 510-517 , May 2006

Tissue Doppler Imaging Detects Severely Abnormal Myocardial Velocities That Identify Children With Pre-terminal Cardiac Graft Failure After Heart Transplantation

Received 2 March 2005 ,Revised 12 October 2005 ,Accepted 17 November 2005.

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PII: S1053-2498(05)01345-8

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.11.453

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 510-517 , May 2006

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