Cardiovascular mortality among heart transplant recipients with asymptomatic antibody-mediated or stable mixed cellular and antibody-mediated rejection
AG Kfoury, MEH Hammond, GL Snow… - The Journal of heart and …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Little has been reported on the clinical significance of asymptomatic
antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) alone or mixed rejection (MR), defined as concurrent
cellular rejection (CR) and AMR in heart transplantation. In this study, we examined whether
a differential impact on cardiovascular mortality (CVM) existed when comparing
asymptomatic AMR, to stable MR or CR. METHODS: The Utah Transplantation Affiliated
Hospitals (UTAH) Cardiac Transplant Program pathology database of all heart transplant …
antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) alone or mixed rejection (MR), defined as concurrent
cellular rejection (CR) and AMR in heart transplantation. In this study, we examined whether
a differential impact on cardiovascular mortality (CVM) existed when comparing
asymptomatic AMR, to stable MR or CR. METHODS: The Utah Transplantation Affiliated
Hospitals (UTAH) Cardiac Transplant Program pathology database of all heart transplant …