Impact of plaque burden on compensatory enlargement of coronary arteries in cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Working Group on Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy.
Using intravascular ultrasound, we demonstrated plaque-induced compensatory enlargement of coronary arteries in cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Besides intimal hyperplasia, adaptive remodeling processes of vessel and luminal geometry have physiologic and prognostic importance.
Pethig
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Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Germany.
Heublein
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Wahlers
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D000328:Adult; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional