Role of morphologic parameters on endomyocardial biopsy to detect sub-clinical antibody-mediated rejection in heart transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1381-1388

  Fedrigo, Marny ^a   Gambino, Antonio ^a   Benazzi, Elena ^b   Poli, Francesca ^b   Frigo, Anna Chiara ^a   Tona, Francesco ^a   Caforio, Alida L P ^a   Castellani, Chiara ^a   Toscano, Giuseppe ^a   Feltrin, Giuseppe ^a   Gerosa, Gino ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Angelini, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Granda Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibody mediated rejection; C4d; heart transplantation; immunohistochemistry; morphology

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; SWELLING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIGENS, CD4; BIOPSY; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80655124539     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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