Is pre-transplant vascular disease a risk factor for mortality and morbidity after heart transplantation?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 457-461

  Takayama, Hiroo ^a   Nathens, Avery B ^c   Merry, Heather ^b   Aldea, Gabriel S ^b   Fishbein, Daniel P ^c   Verrier, Edward D ^b   Salerno, Christopher T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft coronary artery disease; CVA; Heart transplantation; Mortality; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR LESION;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33847255971     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Zaroff JG, Rosengard BR, Armstrong WF, Babcock WD, D'Alessandro A, Dec GW, Edwards NM, Higgins RS, Jeevanandum V, Kauffman M, Kirklin JK, Large SR, Marelli D, Peterson TS, Ring WS, Robbins RC, Russell SD, Taylor DO, Van Bakel A, Wallwork J, Young JB. Consensus conference report: maximizing use of organs recovered from the cadaver donor: cardiac recommendations, March 28-29, 2001, Crystal City, Va. Circulation. 2002;106:836-41.
2. Costanzo M.R., Augustine S., Bourge R., Bristow M., O'Connell J.B., Driscoll D., and Rose E. Selection and treatment of candidates for heart transplantation. A statement for health professionals from the Committee on Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association. Circulation 92 (1995) 3593-3612
3. Cimato T.R., and Jessup M. Recipient selection in cardiac transplantation: contraindications and risk factors for mortality. J Heart Lung Transplant 21 (2002) 1161-1173
4. Zipes D.P., Libby P., Bonow R.O., and Braunwald E. Braunwald's heart disease: a textbook of cardiovascular medicine. 7th ed. (2005), Saunders, St. Louis, MO pp. 644
5. Mickey R.M., and Greenland S. The impact of confounder selection criteria on effect estimation. Am J Epidemiol 129 (1989) 125-137
6. Bull D.A., Hunter G.C., Copeland J.G., Bernhard V.M., Rosado L.J., McIntyre K.E., Sethi G.K., and Putnam C.W. Peripheral vascular disease in heart transplant recipients. J Vasc Surg 16 (1992) 546-553
7. Erdoes L.S., Hunter G.C., Venerus B.J., Hall K.A., Bull D.A., Berman S.S., Pallos L.L., and Copeland J.C. Prospective evaluation of peripheral vascular disease in heart transplant recipients. J Vasc Surg 22 (1995) 434-440
8. Benvenisty A.I., Todd G.J., Argenziano M., Buda J.A., Reemtsma K., Smith C.R., and Rose E.A. Management of peripheral vascular problems in recipients of cardiac allografts. J Vasc Surg 16 (1992) 895-901
9. Julia P., Amrein C., Ghalayini B., Jebara V., Guillemain R., Roussin I., Carpentier A., and Fabiani J.N. Peripheral vascular involvement in heart transplant patients. Ann Vasc Surg 8 (1994) 266-270
10. Ganesh J.S., Rogers C.A., Banner N.R., and Bonser R.S. Donor cause of death and medium-term survival after heart transplantation: a United Kingdom national study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 129 (2005) 1153-1159
11. Englesbe M.J., Wu A.H., Clowes A.W., and Zierler R.E. The prevalence and natural history of aortic aneurysms in heart and abdominal organ transplant patients. J Vasc Surg 37 (2003) 27-31
12. Vantrimpont P.J., van Dalen B.M., van Riemsdijk-van Overbeeke I.C., Maat A.P., and Balk A.H. Abdominal aortic aneurysms after heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 23 (2004) 171-177
13. Cabellon Jr. S., Moncrief C.L., Pierre D.R., and Cavanaugh D.G. Incidence of abdominal aortic aneurysms in patients with atheromatous arterial disease. Am J Surg 146 (1983) 575-576
14. Allardice J.T., Allwright G.J., Wafula J.M., and Wyatt A.P. High prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm in men with peripheral vascular disease: screening by ultrasonography. Br J Surg 75 (1988) 240-242