title: [Evaluating the graft rejection reaction in endomyocardial biopsy].
abstract: Transplant survival is the result of a balance between natural defence mechanisms and their suppression by drugs. A grading system of allograft rejection should characterize this equilibrium quantitatively. The system developed by McAllister evaluates graft rejection on a numerical scale ranging from 0 to 10. This scale enhances communication between the pathologist, surgeon and cardiologist. In our experience with more than 1000 biopsies of 80 patients the Texas scale is useful.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pathologie der Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000502:physiology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Die Beurteilung der Abstossungsreaktion in der Endomyokardbiopsie.