Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2983296 | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2011 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Infant heart transplant recipients had longer primary graft survival, fewer cellular rejection episodes, and higher incidence of cardiac allograft vasculopathy relative to older graft recipients requiring retransplant. Advantages in adaptive immunity in infant heart recipients confer improved primary graft survival, but longer graft life in these patients is limited by cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Older recipient first graft failure was rejection related, and shorter graft life probably limited development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
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Authors
John M. MD, Shelley D. MD, David N. MD, Jilayne MSN, Kim K. PhD, Sydne BS, Biagio MD, Max B. MD,