Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 629-630 , March 2003

Persistent high pulmonary artery pressure following orthotopic heart transplantation: inevitable poor prognosis?

  • G Sahar

      Affiliations

    • Heart-Lung Transplant Unit, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach-Tikva, Israel
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  • M Berman

      Affiliations

    • Heart-Lung Transplant Unit, Department of Cardiology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach-Tikva, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr Marius Berman, Heart-Lung Transplant Unit, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, 49100 Petach-Tikva, Israel.
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  • A Kogan

      Affiliations

    • Heart-Lung Transplant Unit, Department of Cardiology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach-Tikva, Israel
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  • A Stamler

      Affiliations

    • Heart-Lung Transplant Unit, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach-Tikva, Israel
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  • T Ben Gal

      Affiliations

    • Heart-Lung Transplant Unit, Department of Cardiology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach-Tikva, Israel
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  • A Sagie

      Affiliations

    • Heart-Lung Transplant Unit, Department of Cardiology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach-Tikva, Israel
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  • E Raanani

      Affiliations

    • Heart-Lung Transplant Unit, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach-Tikva, Israel
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  • B Vidne

      Affiliations

    • Heart-Lung Transplant Unit, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach-Tikva, Israel
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  • D Aravot

      Affiliations

    • Heart-Lung Transplant Unit, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach-Tikva, Israel

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PII: S0041-1345(03)00016-2

doi: 10.1016/S0041-1345(03)00016-2

Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 629-630 , March 2003

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