Combined human cytomegalovirus and hepatitis C virus infections increase the risk of allograft vascular disease in heart transplant recipients.
Department of Pathology, IRCCS-Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
B
B
Dal Bello
C
C
Klersy
P
P
Grossi
A
A
Gavazzi
G
G
Ippoliti
M
M
Rinaldi
M
M
Viganó
E
E
Arbustini
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002648:Child; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000453:epidemiology; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000401:mortality / Q000502:physiology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*