Antibody testing for cardiac antibody-mediated rejection: Which panel correlates best with cardiovascular death?

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-150

  Revelo, Monica P ^a,b   Stehlik, Josef ^a,b   Miller, Dylan ^a,b,c,d   Snow, Gregory L ^c   Everitt, Melanie D ^b,d   Budge, Deborah ^b,c   Bader, Feras M ^b,d   Alharethi, Rami A ^b,c   Gilbert, Edward M ^b,d   Reid, Bruce B ^b,c   Selzman, Craig H ^b,d   Hammond, M Elizabeth H ^a,b,c,d   Kfoury, Abdallah G ^b,c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Utah Transplantation Affiliated Hospitals UTAH   (United States)

^c INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antibodies; complement C4d; complement C3d; endothelium; fibrin; graft rejection complications; heart transplant; vascular

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; FIBRIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; COMPLEMENT C3D; COMPLEMENT C4B; FEMALE; FIBRIN; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650945528     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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