Percutaneous coronary angioplasty in a cardiac transplant recipient.
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چکیده
Two years after an orthotopic cardiac transplant a 28 year old man was found to have clinically significant stenosis of the right coronary artery at routine coronary angiography. This lesion was accompanied by a perfusion defect on exercise thallium scintigraphy. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of the lesion improved the angiographic appearance of the stenosis and reduced the exercise thallium perfusion defect.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British heart journal
دوره 59 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988