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Distinct phenotypes of cardiac allograft vasculopathy after heart transplantation: a histopathological study.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Oct 2014
Huibers Manon M H, Vink Aryan, Kaldeway Johannes, Huisman André, Timmermans Kim, Leenders Max, Schipper Marguèrite E I, Lahpor Jaap R, Kirkels Hans J H, Klöpping Corinne, de Jonge Nicolaas, de Weger Roel A
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INTRODUCTION: Long-term survival after heart transplantation (HTx) is hampered by cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV). Better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of CAV might have considerable consequences for therapeutic approaches in the future. The aim of the present study was to investigate the histological phenotypes of CAV in relation with clinical patient characteristics. METHODS AND...
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