Comparison between two strategies for rejection detection after heart transplantation: routine endomyocardial biopsy versus gallium-67 cardiac imaging.
Bocchi
E A
EA
Heart Institute, Medical School, São Paulo University, Brazil.
Mocelin
A O
AO
de Moraes
A V
AV
Menegheti
C
C
de Lourdes Higuchi
M
M
Bacal
F
F
Stolf
N
N
Bellotti
G
G
Pileggi
F
F
D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000191:economics; D001938:Brazil; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006085:Graft Survival; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000276:immunology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000191:economics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes