Usefulness of routine surveillance biopsies in children more than one year after orthotopic heart transplantation.
This retrospective study examines the usefulness of routine biopsies following the first year after transplant. This study found that routine biopsies detect few episodes of rejection in the first year after transplant and were less useful than nonroutine biopsies.
Lillie Frank Abercrombie Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston 77030, USA.
N J
NJ
Kertesz
S W
SW
Denfield
D L
DL
Kearney
J A
JA
Towbin
J K
JK
Price
R J
RJ
Gajarski
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000473:pathology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*