The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 711-713 , June 2010

Relationship between prolonged QTc interval, cardiac allograft dysfunction and elevated molecular gene expression profiling test score after heart transplantation

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PII: S1053-2498(10)00034-3

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.01.002

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 711-713 , June 2010

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