Distribution and morphologic features of coronary artery disease in cardiac allografts: an intracoronary ultrasound study.
The longitudinal distribution and circumferential pattern of coronary intimal proliferation were studied with intravascular ultrasonography in 135 patients after heart transplantation. Eighty-seven (64%) of 135 patients had significant intimal thickening, with most lesions (63%) concentric and free of fibrosis or calcification. Both diffuse and nonuniform longitudinal patterns of intimal thickening were found.
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Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305, USA.
Pinto
F J
FJ
Alderman
E L
EL
Botas
J
J
Oesterle
S N
SN
Schroeder
J S
JS
Valantine
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Popp
R L
RL
D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional