Immune and nonimmune predictors of cardiac allograft vasculopathy onset and severity: Multivariate risk factor analysis and role of immunosuppression

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 962-970

  Caforio, Alida L P ^a   Tona, Francesco ^a   Fortina, Anna Belloni ^a   Angelini, Annalisa ^a   Piaserico, Stefano ^a   Gambino, Antonio ^a   Feltrin, Giuseppe ^a   Ramondo, Angelo ^a   Valente, Marialuisa ^a   Iliceto, Sabino ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Gerosa, Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Immunology; Rejection; Risk factors; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 20844455929     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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