Longitudinal evaluation of microvessel density in survivors vs. nonsurvivors of cardiac pathologic antibody-mediated rejection

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 445-454

  Revelo, Monica P ^a   Miller, Dylan V ^a   Stehlik, Josef ^a   Brunisholz, Kim ^a   Drakos, Stavros ^a   Gilbert, Edward M ^a   Everitt, Melanie ^a   Budge, Deborah ^a   Alharethi, Rami ^a   Snow, Gregory ^a   Hammond, Elizabeth H ^a   Kfoury, Abdallah G ^a  

^a Utah Transplantation Affiliated Hospitals UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Heart transplant; Microvessel density; Rejection

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROVASCULATURE; MYOCARDIAL MICROVESSEL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CAPILLARIES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; SURVIVAL RATE; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868562356     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: 18791336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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