Is there a need for surveillance endomyocardial biopsies in heart transplantation?
Kirklin
J K
JK
Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 739 Ziegler Building, 703 S. 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Bourge
R C
RC
Naftel
D C
DC
McGiffin
D C
DC
D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects; D002423:Cause of Death; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D016019:Survival Analysis