Vascular rejection post heart transplantation is associated with positive flow cytometric cross-matching

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-200

  McCarthy, James F ^a   Cook, Daniel J ^b   Massad, Malek G ^a   Sano, Y ^b   O'Malley, Kiaran J ^b   Ratliff, Norman R ^b   Stewart, Robert W ^a   Smedira, Nicholas G ^a   Starling, Randal C ^b   Young, James B ^c   McCarthy, Patrick M ^a  

^a Section of Renal Transplantation   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplant; Flow cytometry cross match; Vascular rejection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MONITORING, IMMUNOLOGIC; PLASMA EXCHANGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031687437     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00159-6     Document Type: Article

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