A web-based pilot study of inter-pathologist reproducibility using the ISHLT 2004 working formulation for biopsy diagnosis of cardiac allograft rejection: The European experience

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1214-1220

  Angelini, Annalisa ^a   Andersen, Claus Boegelund ^b   Bartoloni, Giovanni ^c   Black, Fiona ^d   Bishop, Paul ^e   Doran, Helen ^e   Fedrigo, Marny ^a   Fries, Jochen W U ^f   Goddard, Martin ^g   Goebel, Heike ^f   Neil, Desley ^h   Leone, Ornella ⁱ   Marzullo, Andrea ^j   Ortmann, Monika ^f   Paraf, Francois ^k   Rotman, Samuel ^l   Turhan, Nesrin ^m   Bruneval, Patrick ⁿ   Frigo, Anna Chiara ^o   Grigoletto, Francesco ^o   Gasparetto, Alessio ^p   Mencarelli, Roberto ^p   Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Burke, Margaret ^q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d Freeman Cardiothoracic Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^k DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^m TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

ⁿ HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^p Clinical Pathology Department and Information Technology Department   (Italy)

^q ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

acute cellular rejection; antibody mediated rejection; classification; endomyocardial biopsy; heart transplant; scoring system

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIST; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TELEPATHOLOGY; TISSUE SECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EUROPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MYOCARDIUM; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 80053935411     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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