A 53 year-old man with Laennec's and hepatitis C-related cirrhosis was found to have dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction during routine evaluation for orthotopic liver transplantation. The outflow tract obstruction gradient was quantified as being 155 to 189 mmHg maximally during dobu
Psychosocial adjustment to orthotopic liver transplantation in 266 recipients
✍ Scribed by Jordi Blanch; Barbara Sureda; Montse Flaviá; Victoria Marcos; Joan de Pablo; Elisa De Lazzari; Antoni Rimola; Victor Vargas; Victor Navarro; Carlos Margarit; Josep Visa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 119 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.20076
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