Inflammatory Response and Re-stenosis After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Heart Transplant Recipients and Patients With Native Atherosclerosis

HTRs with CAV and patients with native atherosclerosis are characterized by different profiles of immune activation and respond differently to PCI. Nevertheless, an inappropriate inflammatory reactivity may predispose to re-stenosis after PCI in both groups of patients, with pre-procedural inflammation being of particular importance in CAV.