Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 5 , Pages 185-192 , May 2007

Endomyocardial Biopsy-related Tricuspid Regurgitation After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: Single-center Experience

  • Chung-Yu Lo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hsiao-Huang Chang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chiao-Po Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shiau-Ting Lai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chun-Che Shih

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chun-Che Shih, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 10 April 2006 ,Accepted 12 October 2006.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70356-9

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70356-9

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 5 , Pages 185-192 , May 2007

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