Allograft vasculopathy and death in a cardiac transplant patient with angiographically normal coronary arteries.
A cardiac transplant patient died of severe left ventricular dysfunction 2 weeks after coronary angiography demonstrated normal coronary arteries. Post mortem examination showed significant and diffuse allograft vasculopathy. Coronary angiography may have limited sensitivity in detecting allograft vasculopathy.
Johnson
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Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.
McDonald
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Nakhleh
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McGinn
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Wilson
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Olivari
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Kubo
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D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged