The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 310-316 , March 2008

Detection of High-grade Stenoses With Multislice Computed Tomography in Heart Transplant Patients

  • Philipp Pichler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Philipp Pichler, MD, Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria. Telephone: +43-1-40400-4614. Fax: +43-1-40400-4216.
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  • Christian Loewe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Suzanne Roedler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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  • Bonni Syeda, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Alfred Stadler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Arezu Aliabadi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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  • Christoph Schukro, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Florian Wolf, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Andreas Zuckermann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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  • Johannes Lammer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Heinz Sochor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Dietmar Glogar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Received 7 August 2007 ,Revised 15 November 2007 ,Accepted 26 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.11.577

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 310-316 , March 2008

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