Echocardiographic indexes of rejection in pediatric cardiac transplant recipients managed without maintenance steroid immunosuppression.
Several noninvasive echocardiographic indexes were found to correlate with biopsy-confirmed cardiac rejection. Of these, changes in the diastolic flow profile across the mitral valve showed the best correlation.
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Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201-3098, USA.
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Shiota
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Sahn
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D001706:Biopsy; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002306:Cardiac Volume; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003971:Diastole; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D013256:Steroids