Histologic compaison of allograft myocardium between short- and long-term survivors of human cardiac transplantation.
Myocardial histology of cardiac allografts differed between short-term (<5 years) and long-term (>5 years) survivors after transplantation. These differences may partially be attributable to a higher prevalence of systemic hypertension and allograft rejection in the short-term survivors, affecting hemodynamics and allograft function.
Armstrong
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Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, USA.
Binkley
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Baker
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Leier
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D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001706:Biopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000473:pathology; D006085:Graft Survival; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous