Influence of acute rejection episodes, HLA matching, and donor/recipient phenotype on the development of 'early' transplant-associated coronary artery disease.

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Influence of acute rejection episodes, HLA matching, and donor/recipient phenotype on the development of 'early' transplant-associated coronary artery disease.

Circulation - 4 Nov 1997

Hornick P, Smith J, Pomerance A, Mitchell A, Banner N, Rose M, Yacoub M

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BACKGROUND: Transplant-associated coronary artery disease (TxCAD) is the manifestation of chronic rejection in the cardiac allograft. Both immunological and nonimmunological factors contribute to its development. Stratification by the time of development of TxCAD has not been considered previousl...

Topics

Acute Disease
Adult
Coronary Disease
Female
Graft Rejection
Heart Transplantation
Histocompatibility Testing
Humans
Male
Phenotype

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